Codices

1,172 artworks

Illuminated Frontispiece of a Manuscript of the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Sultan 'Ali al Mashhadi, 1486

"The Anecdote of the Man Who Fell into the Water", Folio 44r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Sultan 'Ali al Mashhadi, 1486

Letter in Ta'liq Script

Darvish 'Abdullah Munshi, 1490

"Laila Visiting Majnun in the Desert", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Ala al Din Muhammad, 1495

"Khusrau Arriving at Shirin's Palace", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Ala al Din Muhammad, 1495

"Muslim Pilgrim to Mecca Meets a Brahman on the Road", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Ala al Din Muhammad, 1495

"Bahram Gur in the Red Pavilion", Folio from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Nizami, 1495

"Yusuf Arriving in Egypt and Leaving the Ship in the Nile", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

Maulana Nur al Din `Abd al Rahman Jami, 1498

Khusrau and Shirin

Hatifi, 1498

Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

Mir 'Ali al Husaini, 1498

"Zulaikha Seizing the Skirt of Joseph's Robe", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

Maulana Nur al Din `Abd al Rahman Jami, 1498

"Yusuf Tending the Flocks", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

Maulana Nur al Din `Abd al Rahman Jami, 1498

Divan of Sultan Husayn Baiqara

Sultan 'Ali al Mashhadi, 1499

Anthology of Persian Poetry in Oblong Format (Safina)

Sultan Muhammad, 1499

"Afrasiyab on the Iranian Throne", Folio 105r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1500

"Manuchihr Welcomes Sam but Orders War upon Mihrab", Folio 80v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1500

Folio from a Manuscript by Mir Ali Shir Nava'i

Mir 'Ali Shir Nava'i, 1500

"The Marriage of Sudaba and Kai Kavus", Folio 130r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1500

"Giv Avenges Bahram by Slaying Tazhav", Folio 248r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1500

"Hurmuzd I's Last Testament to Prince Bahram I", Folio 535r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1500

"Interior Reception", Folio 36r from a Bustan of Sa`di

Shaikh Zada, 1500

"The Iranians Mourn Farud and Jarira", Folio 236r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1500

"Bahram Gur in the Dark Palace on Saturday", Folio 207 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Nizami, 1500

"Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman", Folio 17 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Nizami, 1500