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Qur’an manuscript page

late 18th century

Moroccan

Ink on paper

Manuscript page from Oxford Bible (Dominican)

circa 1250

English

ink and tempera on vellum

MS leaf: Bifolio from a Missal

mid 15th century

Florentine; Italian

ink, tempera and gold on parchment

Illuminated Manuscript

circa 1500

French

ink and gold on parchment

Illuminated Manuscript

circa 1450

German

ink and watercolor on vellum

Palm Leaf from an Unidentified Manuscript with Devanagiri (?) script

17th century

Indian

incised palm-leaf darkened with coal dust

Mohammedan Law, manuscript page

1794

Turkish

ink on egg-glazed paper

Manuscript Leaf

1453

Italian; Venetian

ink on laid paper

Devimahatmya manuscript page: The Goddess Ambika fights a host of demons

circa 1725

Nepali

ink and opaque watercolor on paper

A Demon Warrior Worships Devi

18th century

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School

ink, watercolor, and gold on paper

Decorative calligraphy, manuscript page

n.d.

Iranian

ink on paper

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Sheepskin Manuscript Page, Alleluia

Spanish

ink on sheepskin

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Illuminated initials on Printed Text page from a Missal

1529

German

ink, tempera, and gold on laid paper

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Sheepskin Manuscript Page I

1350-1400

Spanish

ink on parchment

Khusrau brought before his father Hurmuzd; from the Khamza of Nizami

circa 1460-1470

Turkoman

ink, color, and gold on paper

Prayer Book of Service for the Dead, manuscript page

late 13th century

Syrian

ink on glazed paper

Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)

Artist Unknown

paper and paint on wood board

Book Cover, made for the 15th-century manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdausi (The “Kervorkian Shahnama”)

early 19th century

Iranian

papier mâché, paint and lacquer with leather spine

Book Cover, made for the 15th-century manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdausi (The “Kervorkian Shahnama”)

early 19th century

Iranian

papier mâché, paint and lacquer with leather spine

Leaf from a Missal

circa 1425

Spanish

ink and tempera on parchment

Bahram Gur Slays a Dragon, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Manuscript page from a Qur’an, from Sura 68

early 18th century

ink with red, ochre, and green on paper

Qur’an manuscript page

late 18th century

Moroccan

ink and color on paper

Mohammedan Law, manuscript page

late 18th century

Turkish

ink and color, burnished gold on egg-white glazed paper

Cutting from a Secular Manuscript with Perceval Attacked by Twenty Knights

circa 1415

French

tempera on vellum

Qur’an manuscript page

18th century

Iranian

tempera, ink and gold on paper

Manuscript Page from the Gulistan and Bustan of Sa’di of Shiraz

circa late 18th century

Afghan; Pakistani; Indian

ink on glazed paper

Leaf from a Breviary

late 15th century

Italian

ink and tempera on parchment

Qur’an manuscript leaf, illuminated section heading in thuluth script

12th century

Iraqi; Iranian

ink, color and gold on paper

Oriya manuscript (unidentified), folio: A Courtier Visits an Ascetic. (Images and text on both sides; pair with 1985/2.144)

19th century

Indian

charcoal dust and washes of color on incised palm leaf

Leaf from Missal or Book of Hours

15th century

French

ink and gold leaf on parchment

The goddess Durga and her lion punish demons, folio from a “Devimahatmya” loose-leaf manuscript

circa 1725

Nepali

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold? on paper

Qur’an manuscript leaf in Abbasid Kufic script

8th-9th century

Iraqi; Iranian

brown ink with touches of red on natural parchment

Qur’an manuscript leaf in small naskh script, chapter 20, verse 87

18th century (?)

Turkish

ink and gold with touches of red on paper

Kalpasutra manuscript, leaf: A Jaina monk (fol. no. 2r)

15th century

Indian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Cuttings from an illuminated manuscript consisting of several decorative border pieces, containing dolphins, cherubs, portrait cameos and the arms of Cardinal Antonio Pallavicini.

1489(?)

Italian; Florentine

tempera and gold leaf on vellum

Qur’an manuscript leaf in thuluth and naskh script, chapters 83–85 (recto and verso)

12th century - 13th century

Egyptian; Syrian

black ink, red, gold, and touches of blue on egg-glazed paper

Qur’an manuscript leaf in thuluth and naskh script, chapter 4, verses 480–90

12th century - 13th century

Egyptian; Syrian

ink and color on egg-glazed paper

Hamadan Carpet

1880-1920

Iranian

wool pile

Persian poetry and proverbs anthology, manuscript leaf

late 18th century

Afghan; Pakistani; Indian

ink and color, with touches of gold leaf on thin, glazed paper

Historiated Initial ‘O’ with St. John the Baptist

14th century

Italian

Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment

Jina and a devotee from a Digambara Jain manuscript

circa 18th century

Indian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Qur’an manuscript leaf in small naskh script, chapter 22, verse 40

18th century (?)

Turkish

ink, gold, and touches of red on fine paper

Kalpasutra manuscript, leaf: The Courtesan Kosha and the King’s Charioteer (fol. no. 102v)

early 15th century

Indian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Sanskrit Manuscript (unidentified), leaf, fol. no. 15

circa 1740

Indian

red and black ink on paper

Jina venerated by a monk and a lay devotee from Digambara Jain Manuscript

18th century

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk and a royal devotee

18th century

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Leaf from a Gradual with St. Lawrence

1489

Ludovico de Gaci

ink, tempera and gold on parchment

Qur’an manuscript leaf in early or Abbasid Kufic script, ch. 38, verses 21-23

late 8th century

Iraqi

brown ink with gold and touches of red on natural parchment

Jina and a monk in a landscape from a Digambara Jain manuscript

18th century

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk and a royal devotee

18th century

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Prayer Book of Service for the Dead, manuscript page

late 13th century

Syrian

ink and color on glazed paper

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and worshippers

18th century

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Priest Celebrating a Mass (Leaf from the Tarleton Hours)

circa 1430

French

ink, tempera and gold on thin parchment

Persian poetry anthology manuscript page

17th century

Iranian

ink, color and gold on paper

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk, raja, and warriors

18th century

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Faramurz taken Prisoner, Shah-nameh of Ferdowski

17th century

Iranian

tempera on paper

Jina and devotees from a Digambara Jain manuscript

circa 18th century

Indian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Leaf from a Bible with Daniel in the lions’ den aided by the prophet Habakuk

circa 1290

French

ink, tempera and gold on parchment

Jina venerated by a monk, Harihara, Garuda, and Nandi from Digambara Jain manuscript

circa 18th century

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Jina venerated by a monk, men and women, a naga, and animals from a Digambara Jain manuscript

circa 18th century

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Persian poetry anthology manuscript page

early 17th century

Iranian

ink, color, and gold on paper

Women Greet a Horseman from the Mahâbhârata

early - mid 19th century

Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra, Paithan School

ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk, layman, and cobras

18th century

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Oriya manuscript (unidentified), leaf: A Meeting in the Forest (pair with 1997/2.40)

19th century

Indian

charcoal dust and washes of color on incised palm leaf

Page from a Book with Biblical Texts

15th-17th century

Armenian

ink on glazed paper

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and monk with Lakshmi-Narayana & Ardhanarishvara (fol. No. 42)

18th century

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Illuminated Chapter Heading from the Shahnama of Firdausi (The “Kervorkian Shahnama”) (Second heading)

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

The Sixth Night Vigil from a Kalpasutra manuscript (fol. no. 38v), depicting two pairs of queens

1478

Indian

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Leaf from a psalter or book of hours (Psalm 26)

1400-1450

English; French

ink, tempera and gold on parchment

Jain Tirthankara and a monk with animal forest scene, no. 12 from a Digambara series

18th century

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Manuscript page from a Qur’an, from Suras 75 and 76

early 18th century

African; Moroccan

ink, red ochre, paper on paper

Text pages from the Shahnama of Firdausi (The “Kervorkian Shahnama”)

circa 1460

Iranian

ink on paper

Siyavush Passes Through the Fire, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Gurgin Fights with Andariman, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Cover of Ann Arbor Shahnameh (First heading)

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Gaiumart the First Shah, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and worshipper

circa 18th century

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Ardshir Papakan Sits Upon the Throne in Baghdad, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Rustam Slays the White Div, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Leaf from a Book of Hours

1400-1425

French

ink, tempera and gold on parchment

Sikandar Builds a Barrier Against Yajuj and Majuj, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Râmâyana manuscript, folio 101: Demon Armies Pour Out of Ravana’s Castle

circa 1785-1800

Artist Unknown, India, Seu-Nainsukh School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Râmâyana manuscript page: Rama kills the deer (folio no. 31)

1635-1650

Artist Unknown, India, Central India, Malwa School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Leaf from a book of hours with a funeral mass

1415-1455

Gold Scrolls Group

ink, tempera, gold, and silver alloy on parchment

Rustam Fights with Ashkabus, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a community of laymen

18th century

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and battle scene

18th century

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Talhand Confronts His Brother Gav on the Battlefield, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Gushtasp Slays the Wolf, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Christ giving communion to the Apostles in an historiated initial “C”

1440-1460

Dutch

tempera and gold leaf on vellum

Kalpasutra manuscript page: Monks and Devotees

1400-1450

Indian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

The birth of the Kauravas from a Mahabharata series

19th century

Indian

ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Warriors going into battle from a Mahabharata series

early 19th century - mid 19th century

Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra, Paithan School

ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and devotees

circa 18th century

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and devotees

circa 18th century

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

The Last Judgment, from the Nuremberg Chronicle

circa 1493

German; Workshop of Michael Wolgemut; Workshop of Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

woodcut on paper

Libyan Sibyl, a leaf from an early printed book

early 16th century

Simon Vostre

tempera and gold on vellum

Wolgund Sends a Message to Hugdieterich

15th century

German

hand-colored woodcut on paper

Illustration from an Augsburg Bible (Incunabulum)

15th century

German

hand-colored woodcut on paper

The Five Kings Hanged (Joshua 10:26)

15th century

German

hand-colored woodcut on paper

Varahi (?): a boar-headed tantric goddess, with multiple arms bearing skulls, attended by two devotées

15th century

Indian

ink with green and pink watercolor (vegetable pigments) on paper

Leaf from a Bible (Book of Paralipomenon)

13th century

French

ink on parchment

Durga Slays the Buffalo Demon (Durga Mahishasuramardini)

15th century

Indian

ink and watercolor on paper

Leaf from a Bible (Glossary of Hebrew Names)

circa 1270-1280

French

ink and tempera on parchment

Leaf from a Book of Hours

circa 1325

Flemish

ink, tempera and gold on parchment

Pope Boniface VIII Presiding over the Sacred College

late 14th century

Nicolo Da Bologna

tempera and gold leaf on vellum

Manuscript Page of a Greek Lectionary

16th century

Byzantine

ink on glazed paper

MS Leaf: Excerpts from the Evangelists

late 14th century

Byzantine

ink on glazed paper

Manuscript Page of a Greek Lectionary

16th century

Byzantine

ink on glazed paper

Choir Book Page

late 14th century - early 15th century

Tuscan; Italian

tempera and ink on vellum

Page from a Book with Biblical Texts

15th-17th century

Armenian

ink on glazed paper

Page from a Book with Biblical Texts

15th-17th century

Armenian

ink and color on glazed paper

Manuscript Page with Greek Liturgy with Byzantine Greek Notation

18th-19th century

Byzantine

ink on glazed paper

Manuscript Page with Greek Liturgy with Byzantine Greek Notation

18th-19th century

Byzantine

ink and color on glazed paper

Leaf from a Book of Hours

circa 1400-1425

French

ink, tempera and gold on parchment

Page of a Missal

15th century

French

tempera, ink and gold leaf on vellum

Leaf from a Choir Book with Nativity

15th century

German

ink and tempera on parchment

Leaf from a Book of Hours (Calendar for October)

circa 1440

French

ink, tempera and gold on parchment

Presentation in the Temple (Leaf from a Book of Hours)

circa 1440-1450

Flemish

ink, tempera and gold on parchment

Leaf from a Breviary

circa 1460

French

ink, tempera and gold on parchment

Man of Sorrows

circa 1947

R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company; German

reproduction offset print on paper

Leaf from a Breviary

circa 1475-1500

Florentine; Italian

ink, temper and gold on parchment

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