Bloem en blad

Vrouw met bamboe en bloemen

anonymous

The monkey, serving as the lion’s chamberlain, converses with the lynx and its mate who have arrived with their cubs to settle in the lion’s domain, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night

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

The dethroned frog Shapur seeks the help of the serpent, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenth-sixth Night

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

Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

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

Qur'an Manuscript Folio (recto) [Right side of Bifolio]

Egypt, Mamluk sultanate (1250–1517)

Qur'an Manuscript Folio (verso) (right side of bifolio)

Egypt, Mamluk sultanate (1250–1517)

Page from a Copy of The Qur'an

Islamic

Qur'an Manuscript Folio (recto)

Egypt, Mamluk sultanate (1250–1517)

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

Mughal India, court of Jahangir (1605–1627)

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)

Qur'an Manuscript Folio

Egypt, Mamluk sultanate (1250–1517)

Qur'an Manuscript Folio (verso)

Egypt, Mamluk sultanate (1250–1517)