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"Bizhan Slaughters the Wild Boars of Irman", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40

"The Old Snake Tells the Tale of Biting the Ascetic's Son by Mistake", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
second quarter 16th century

Manuscript Illumination with Salvator Mundi in an Initial P, from a Choir Book
Italian
early 16th century

"Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Chitarman
recto: dated 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50

"Rama Interviews Sita in a Palace Interior," Illustrated folio from the dispersed “Shangri" Ramayana (The Adventures of Rama) (Style II)
ca. 1690–1710

Initial P with the Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr
Italian
second half 13th century

"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides
'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl
dated 621 AH/1224 CE

"Preparation for a Feast", Folio from a Divan of Jami
late 15th century

Manuscript Illumination with the Holy Women at the Tomb in an Initial A, from an Antiphonary
Girolamo dai Libri
ca. 1490–1500

Manuscript Leaf Fragment
Coptic
4th–7th century

Historia Aethiopica . . .

1681

Pair of Marbled Papers with an Accession Note at Mandu
dated A.H. 1 Dhu‘l Hijia 901/ August 11, 1496 CE

Calendar-Almanac in Scroll Form
Katib Muhammad Ma'ruf Na'ili
dated 1224 AH/1810 CE

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Fourth Angel Sounds the Trumpet and an Eagle Cries Woe
Spanish
ca. 1180

The Thieves on the Roof Awaken the Merchant", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
second quarter 16th century

Workbook Recording the Engraved Firearms Ornament of Louis D. Nimschke (1832–1904)
Louis Daniel Nimschke
ca. 1850–1900

Rosy Milkweed Vine/Asclepias Rosea
late 18th century

"A Raja Seated on a Palace Rooftop Smoking a Huqqa", Folio from a manuscript of the Raga Darshan of Anup
Dated 1214 AH/1799–1800 AD

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
14th century

"Mon cher professeur..."
Robert Frank
1956

Bookbinding (Jild-i kitab)
17th–18th century

[73 Manuscripts, Typescripts, Carbons From the 1960s-70s: Van Vechten Portrait Session, Lyric Documentary Project, Yale Lecture Notes, Sale of Agee Manuscripts, MFA and Yale Exhibitions, Caroline Freud, and Personal Writing]
Walker Evans
1960s–70s

Manuscript Leaf, from a Book of Hours
French
15th century

A Youth in a Hammam Smoking a Pipe
first half of 18th century

Scene from the Life of Krishna
19th century

"Bahram Gur's Skill with the Bow", Folio 17v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Nizami
ca. 1430

Manuscript Leaves Fragment
Coptic
4th–7th century

Manuscript Leaf from a Royal Psalter
British
13th century

Entertainment on a Terrace
17th century

Portrait of a Stallion
18th century

Book of Prayers, Surat al-Yasin and Surat al-Fath
Ahmad Nairizi
dated 1132 AH/1719–20 CE

Bible
Catalan
first quarter 14th century

Seated man in European Clothes Holding a Bottle
Sarkis Katchadourian
20th century

Codex Mendoza, Folios 51 (verso) and 52 (recto)
Francisco Gualpuyogualcal
1542 CE

[8 Annotated 120mm Contact Sheets of 19th Century Cast-Iron Warehouses in Lower Manhattan, New York City, For Architectural Forum Article "The American Warehouse", Published April 1962]

Walker Evans

1962–63

Manuscript Leaf with Initial S, from a Choir Book
Italian
15th century

[128 Items of Correspondence from Various Museums and Galleries, Including Letters, Exhibition Notices, Invoices, and Brochures: Art Institute of Chicago, Corcoran Gallery, George Eastman House, Katonah Gallery, Emily Lowe Gallery, The Print Club, Schoelkopf Gallery, Smithsonian, Stonington Art Gallery, Yale University Art Gallery, and Others]

Walker Evans

1948–74

Pair of Manuscript Covers
Nepal (Kathmandu Valley)
11th–12th century

"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
930 AH/1523–24 CE

Illuminated Leaf
16th century