Folio 11 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Yusuf sold into slavery (recto); Horseman with raised crop (verso)

This manuscript of Jami’s Yusuf and Zulaykha retains its decorated binding, double illuminated frontispiece, and five illustrations. The text is copied in nasta`liq in two columns ...

This is a bifolio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami, the renowned classical Persian poet (1414-1492). The bifolio consists of gold-sprayed cream- colored paper for te...

Set between lines of Persian poetry in black nasta? liq, the drawing on the recto of this album folio is framed by multiple rulings and a stenciled margin of exuberant lotus palmet...

In this part of Firdawsi’s epic, the Iranian king Kay Kavus decided to wage war against Turan (Turkestan), even though his son, prince Siyavush, had signed a treaty with the Turani...

The recto side of the folio features two columns of Persian text written in black ink and nasta’liq script. The columns are interrupted by a painting depicting a male figure in the...

This single detached folio comes from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami, the 12th century Iranian poet. The Khamsa is a popular and often illustrated text, especially in the 15th and ...

The recto of this folio features two vignettes with amorous couples on day beds in various positions. The verso of this folio features one vignette of an amorous couple on a day be...