The Illuminated Border of Animals, double page from a copy of the Gulistan of Sa'di

Illuminated page (verso), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492) with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom)

Mushfiq, Sultan 'Ali al-Mashadi

Folio B: Folio from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami (recto)

Mushfiq, others

Calligraphy framed by an ornamental border with poppies and pairs of birds, from the Late Shah Jahan Album (verso)

Mughal India, court of Shah Jahan (reigned 1628–58)

Vijf gekalligrafeerde teksten

anonymous

Page from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Righteous) (verso)

Mushfiq, others

Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish Poems in Praise of Wine (verso)

Mirza Muhammad, Sultan Muhammad Nur

Page from the Poem of Beauty and Love

India, Kashmir, Mughal, 19th century

Calligraphy of a Pious Invocation in Rhyme (verso)

India, Mughal, 16th century

Calligraphy (verso)

India, Deccan, 17th century

From the Farhang-i Jahangiri (Persian-language Dictionary) compiled by Mir Jamal al-Din Husayn Inju of Shiraz (Persian, d. 1626)

Mughal India, court of Jahangir (1605–1627)

An Illuminated Folio from the Royal Manuscript of the Farhang-i Jahangiri (recto)

Mughal India, court of Jahangir (1605–1627)

Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)