Manuscripts

2,367 artworks

Karna Attacks Ghatotkacha (text, recto; painting, verso), folio from a Razmnama (Book of War) series

Kamal, 1616

Manuscript of the Qur’an, with lacquer binding

Muhammad Hasan, 1630

Manuscript of the Qur’an, with lacquer binding

Muhammad Husayn al Katib, 1630

Leaf from an Antiphonary

Bonaventura a Montepulciano, 1645

Rustam Dragging the Khaqan of Chin from his Saddle (painting, verso), Rustam Battles Kamus (text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Mu'in Musavvir, 1648

Black and White Bird Perched on a Shrub

Shafi' Abbasi (Iranian), 1651

Book page from "As You Like It"

William Shakespeare, 1663

Book page from "The First Part of Henry the Fourth"

William Shakespeare, 1663

Krishna and Radha

Nur al Din Mahmud, 1670

Krishna and the Gopis, folio from a dispersed manuscript of the Rasikapriya of Keshavadas

Rukn al Din, 1685

Folio from a <em>Shahnama</em> (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (d. 1020); Nushirwan receives news of the revolt of his son Nushzad

Henry Bathurst Hanna, 1700

Folio from a <em>Shahnama</em> (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (d. 1020); Nushirwan receives news of the revolt of his son Nushzad

Charles Lang Freer, 1700

Book with lacquer covers

Islamic, 1700

Calligraphic Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad, right-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript

Ismail bin Ibrahim Bosnavi, 1700

A section of a <em>Shahnama</em> (Part III)

Henry Bathurst Hanna, 1700

A section of a <em>Shahnama</em> (Part III)

Charles Lang Freer, 1700

Calligraphic Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad (recto); Geneaology of the Prophet Muhammad (verso) , left-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript

Ismail bin Ibrahim Bosnavi, 1700

Heart Sutra (Sanskrit: Prajnâpâramitâ-hrdaya-sūtra; Japanese: Hannya-shin-gyō), in running script (gyōsho)

Konoe Yorakuin Iehiro, 1713

Jyestha, the Month of Heat (from a Baramasa [Twelve Months] manuscript)

Ustad Murad, 1720

Dipak Raga (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Jai Kisan of Malpura, 1751

Khambhavati Ragini (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Jai Kisan of Malpura, 1751

Krishna Quells the Serpent Kaliya (painting, recto), illustration from the Bhagavata Purana

Mola Ram, 1775

The Masjid al-Sharif at Mecca

Ali of Edirne, 1793

Hamlah-i-Haidari (Combats of the Lion)

Henry Bathurst Hanna, 1800