Manuscripts

2,367 artworks

Suwaru-l-kawakib (Description of the Fixed Stars) by 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (incomplete)

Charles Lang Freer, 1501

Text (recto and verso), folio 50 from a Manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami

Scribe: Shah Mahmud, 1502

Notes and Stamps (recto), Frontispiece, Introduction (verso), folio 2 from a Manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami

Scribe: Shah Mahmud, 1502

Closing Chapter and Colophon (recto), folio 174 from a Manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami

Scribe: Shah Mahmud, 1502

Single Miniature: The Nativity

Girolamo dai Libri, 1510

Gradual

Girolamo dai Libri, 1515

Illuminated folio (verso) from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di (c. 1213–1291)

Sultan 'Ali al-Mashadi, 1515

Gradual

Girolamo dai Libri, 1515

Gradual

Girolamo dai Libri, 1515

Gradual

Girolamo dai Libri, 1515

Gradual

Girolamo dai Libri, 1515

Gradual

Girolamo dai Libri, 1515

Gradual

Girolamo dai Libri, 1515

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Girolamo dai Libri, 1515

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Girolamo dai Libri, 1515

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Girolamo dai Libri, 1515

Cutting from a Missal: Initial O with Christ Performing an Exorcism

Matteo da Milano, 1515

Gradual

Girolamo dai Libri, 1515

Leaf from a Commission: St. Mark Giving the Keys of Venice to Francesco de Priuli

Benedetto Bordone, 1518

Rustam's seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

Mir Musavvir, 1520

Page from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

Mir Musavvir, 1520

Rustam's seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

Abd al-Vahhab, 1522

Ownership Notes and Stamps (recto), The Angels Who Pray for the King, Introduction (frontispiece painting, verso), folio 1 from an illustrated Manuscript of the Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi

Calligraphy attributed to Mir Ali al Husayni, 1523

Ownership Notes and Stamps (recto), The Angels Who Pray for the King, Introduction (frontispiece painting, verso), folio 1 from an illustrated Manuscript of the Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi

Written by Mahmud 'Arifi of Herat, 1523