Manuscripts

2,367 artworks

Text (recto and verso), folio 19 from a Manuscript of the Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi

Calligraphy attributed to Mir Ali al Husayni, 1523

Text (recto and verso), folio 19 from a Manuscript of the Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi

Written by Mahmud 'Arifi of Herat, 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

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

The King and His Young Son (painting, verso), Text (recto), illustrated folio (11) from a Manuscript of Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi

Calligraphy attributed to Mir Ali al Husayni, 1523

The King and His Young Son (painting, verso), Text (recto), illustrated folio (11) from a Manuscript of Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi

Written by Mahmud 'Arifi of Herat, 1523

Single Leaf with Scenes from the Last Supper

Simon Bening, 1525

Bahram Gur in the Black Palace

Persia, 1525

Adjoining Leaves from a Book of Hours: Penitential Psalms and King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves)

Noël Bellemare, 1525

Leaf from a Book of Hours: Penitential Psalms

Noël Bellemare, 1525

Heavenly and Earthly Drunkenness (text, verso; text recto), folio from a manuscript of Divan of Hafiz

Sultan Muhammad, 1525

Leaf from a Book of Hours: King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves)

Noël Bellemare, 1525

The Annunciation (Matins, Office of the Virgin): Leaf from a Book of Hours (1 of 3 Excised Leaves)

Noël Bellemare, 1525

Earthly Drunkenness (painting recto; text verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Divan of Hafiz

Sultan Muhammad, 1525

Incident in a Mosque (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 77r from a Divan (collected works) of Hafiz, left-hand side of a double page.

Signed by Shaykh Zada, 1525

Folio (text, recto and verso) preceding the illustrated folio depicting "Lovers' Picnic", from a manuscript of the Divan (Collected Works) of Hafiz

Sultan Muhammad, 1525

Folio from a manuscript of the Divan of Hafiz with margin illustrations of dragons in foliage (recto), and birds and animals (verso)

Border attributed to Sultan Muhammad, 1525

Historiated Initial (E) Excised from the Colonna Missal: The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen

Apollonio de' Bonfratelli, 1527

Dara and the Herdsman (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 19 from a Manuscript of the Bustan by Sa‘di, Written for Sultan ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (1540-50)

Shaykh Zada, 1531

Dara and the Herdsman (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 19 from a Manuscript of the Bustan by Sa‘di, Written for Sultan ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (1540-50)

Scribe: Mir ‘Ali al-Husayni, 1531

Ownership Notes (recto), Introduction (verso), folio 2 from a Manuscript of the Bustan by Sa`di, Written for Sultan `Abd al-`Aziz (1540-50)

Scribe: Mir ‘Ali al-Husayni, 1531

Sa`di's Visit to an Indian Temple (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 119 from a Manuscript of the Bustan by Sa`di, Written for Sultan `Abd al-`Aziz (1540-50), Overpainting attributed to Bishndas for the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-27)

Shaykh Zada, 1531

Sa`di's Visit to an Indian Temple (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 119 from a Manuscript of the Bustan by Sa`di, Written for Sultan `Abd al-`Aziz (1540-50), Overpainting attributed to Bishndas for the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-27)

Scribe: Mir ‘Ali al-Husayni, 1531

Sa`di's Visit to an Indian Temple (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 119 from a Manuscript of the Bustan by Sa`di, Written for Sultan `Abd al-`Aziz (1540-50), Overpainting attributed to Bishndas for the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-27)

Overpainting of figures attributed to Bishndas, 1531