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A page from a book of the"Treatise on the Eye" by Hunain Ibn Ishaq, 9th century
A page from a greek herb-book annotated with the name of each herb in arabic
A page from a translation of "The book of Antidotes" written in 1199
A page from an old Qur'an
A page from the 10th century national persian eipic Shah Namah (The Book of Kings), showing a bath scene. It was made for Shah Abbas in 1614
A page from the Qur'an
Page from the Qur'an with 7 verses in diwani writing
Page from the Qur'an, oblong format, in kufic, typical of 10th century Iraq
A page from the Qur'an, possibly persian, 11th or 12th century. The illegibility was no handicap because the Qur'an was memorized by many people
A page of birds, illustrating the section in Babur's memoirs on the fauna in Hindustan, early 16th century
A page of the Qur'an in the so-called abbassid-kufic script, 9th or 10th century from Syria or Mesopotamia
Page of the Qur'an in thuluth writing, written and illuminated at Mosul for the II-Khan Oljeytü, 1310
Page of the Qur'an, written in 1568 by sultan Abdallah, second sherifi sultan of Morocco
Pages from a 17th century Egyptian manuscript showing Mecca and Medina
Pages from a Qur'an written by Abdallah Ibn Muhammad al-Hamadani 1313
Pages from a Qur'an written by Abdallah Ibn Muhammad al-Hamadani 1313
Painted glazed earthenware with arabic inscription
Painted inscription of Ala Madar's mausoleum, 1027
Painted tilepanel from a royal garden pavilion. The noble woman who holds a bottle is at-Etended by her servant
Painting by Abul Hassan showing moghul emperor Jahanjir holding the portrait of his father Akbar, 11 x 8 cm. about 1600