Codices

1,167 artworks

Illuminated Opening Page Titled Laila and Majnun from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Ja'far Baisunghuri, 1431

Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1450

"Abu'l Mihjan and Sa`d ibn Abi Wakkas Become Angry and Leave King Khusrau (?)", Folio from a Khavarannama (The Book of the East) of ibn Husam al-Din

Maulana Muhammad Ibn Husam ad Din, 1451

"Amr has the Infidels Thrown into the Sea", Folio from a Khavarannama (The Book of the East) of ibn Husam al-Din

Maulana Muhammad Ibn Husam ad Din, 1451

"Abu'l Mihjan and Sa`d ibn Abi Wakkas Before a Ruler", Folio from a Khavarannama (The Book of the East) of ibn Husam al-Din

Maulana Muhammad Ibn Husam ad Din, 1451

Folio from a Khavarannama (The Book of the East) of ibn Husam al-Din

Maulana Muhammad Ibn Husam ad Din, 1451

"Three Men Before a Castle", Folio from a Khavarannama (The Book of the East) of ibn Husam al-Din

Maulana Muhammad Ibn Husam ad Din, 1451

"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz

Hafiz, 1455

"Bahram-e Chubineh Wears Women's Clothing and Spins Yarn", folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1455

Divan (Collected Works) of Jami

Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami, 1455

Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble)

Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami, 1460

"Shaikh Mahneh and the Villager", Folio 49r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Farid al-Din `Attar, 1462

Divan (Collected Works) of Mir 'Ali Shir Nava'i

Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi, 1474

Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz

Sa'di, 1475

"Rustam Captures the Horse Rakhsh", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1475

Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz

Sa'di, 1475

Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz

Sa'di, 1475

"Rustam Saved by his Horse Rakhsh from an Attacking Lion", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1475

Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz

Sa'di, 1475

recto: "Portrait of Prince Danyal", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Manohar, 1475

Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz

Sa'di, 1475

"Dervish With a Lion", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Padarath, 1475

Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz

Sa'di, 1475

Page of Calligraphy with Stenciled and Painted Borders from a Subhat al-Abrar (Rosary of the Devout) of Jami

Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami, 1475