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Stork (laqlaq) [top]; Great crested grebe (mâlik al-hazîn) [bottom], f...

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Shâh Shâpûr II, disguised as a merchant, travels to Rûm and arranged a...

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

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Siyâvush plays polo (chaugân) before Afrâsiyâb.

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Mi'râj (The night ride of the Prophet).

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Opening of text (added late 14th century, according to Delisle) with m...

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Gold uncial text in gold, purple and blue frame.

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Miniature showing 1. Athaliah, crowned, extends her hands to 2 youths ...

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Tasrîh-i Mansûrî , fol. 17v - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Text in gold on purple background in gold and paint frame.

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The eagle and the beetle [end].

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Dârâb, the son of Bahman and grandson of Isfandiyâr, seated in a domed...

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

fol. 59r - Public domain dedication image

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fol. 65v - Public domain dedication image

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The broken vow [cont.]. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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The old man and death [cont.]; The old woman and the doctor.

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The farmer and his dogs [cont.]; The woman and the hen.

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The bird catcher and the viper [cont.]; The castor.

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The thieving child and his mother [end]; The shepherd and the sea.

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The peacock and the jackdaw [cont.]; The wild boar and the fox.

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The sow and the dog; The snake and the crab.

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The crow and the snake [cont.]; The jackdaw and the pigeons.

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The hares and the foxes [cont.]; The ant.

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The bat and the weasels [cont.]; The travelers and the flotsam.

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The fox and the woodcutter [cont.].

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The fox and the woodcutter [end]; The man who broke the statue.

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The hen who laid the goldern eggs [cont.]; The aged lion and the fox.

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Text with rubric and placemarkers. Half-page miniatures of a gatherin...

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Nufayl ibn Ghawth, seated at a low desk, reads a passage from the Old...

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

[Frontispiece] Shamsahs = sunburst pattern.

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

Suhrâb and Rustam fight. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

Tûr kills his brother Îraj. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Grandes chroniques de France Jean Fouquet: [Doublures], illuminated ma...

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

Salmân converts to Islam after finding that Muhammad is a true Prophet...

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

Abû Jahl learns that his agents have searched in vain for Muhammad and...

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

Salmân presents a tablet written in Syriac to Muhammad, that indicates...

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

Quzmân the hypocrite, dressed only in his underdrawers, mutilates hims...

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

Rustam spears Pîlsam and lifts him into the air.

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Kay Khusrau celebrates on his return to Iran.

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Nûshîrvân, asleep with his head in the lap of his devoted minister Buz...

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

Iskandar relaxing in his camp. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

The confrontation between the army of Gushtâsp (Gushtâsb) and the army...

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

Gîv and Tûs fight with Kâmûs. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

The coronation of the pope in the upper court with hundreds of bishops...

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The wild boar and the fox [cont.]; The crested lark; The fawn and the ...

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Coats of arms of Eastern archbishops and bishops ff. 380-381

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A fish with wings flying above the sea, f. 95

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Various fish, one shown with the head of a lion [top]; Various fish [b...

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Hazelnut tree (funduq) [top]; Boxthorn (fîl zahra; misspeled fil-zahra...

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Wasp (zanbûr) [top]; A venomous lizard (sâmmi abras) [bottom], f. 316v

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Miniature showing Leontia in a courtyard, studying a book propped up o...

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Prayers for Blanche, for whom the ms. was written. Blanche of Orleans...

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Miniature showing 1. Group of worshippers at statue of Latona. Niobe,...

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Miniature showing 1. Arachne at her loom, surrounded by men, with scen...

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Miniature showing 1. Marriage of Jocasta and Oedipus on the steps of a...

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Miniature showing 1. Pamphila and two servants or students gather cott...

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Frame in gold and purple, with text in gold on purple background. Lar...

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Miniature showing 1. tents of Scythians attacked by the army of Cyrus,...

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Nu'mân of the Shaybân tribe is seated before Muhammad and professes be...

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

Miniature showing 1. Thamyris seated before an easel in an urban squar...

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Gurûy executes Siyâvush. - Persian manuscript

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Miniature showing Claudia Quinta hauling a rope attached to a golden s...

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Tasrîh-i Mansûrî, fol. 25v - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Miniature showing 1. newborn Constance given to the monastery; 2. reli...

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fol. 38v - Public domain dedication image

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Tasrîh-i Mansûrî [The human female body showing a fetus in the womb a...

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The fox and the goat [end]; The fox who had never seen a lion.

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Bahrâm Chûbînah's forces defeated by the army led by Khusrau Parvîz.

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

Iskandar visits with King Darâ (Darius) in a garden.

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The roosters and the partridge [cont.]; The fox and the mask.

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Enea e Didone - Wonders of the Ancient World

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The old woman and the doctor [end]; The farmer and his children.

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The woman and the drunkard [cont.].

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The man and the shrew [cont.]; The kid and the flute playing wolf.

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The thieves and the rooster [cont.]; The crow and the raven.

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The donkey and the frogs [cont.]; The donkey, the crow, and the wolf.

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The fisherman and the minnow [cont.]; The horse and the donkey.

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The reed and the olive tree [cont.]; The wolf and the heron.

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The Sibyl of Tiburtis announcing to Augustus the coming of Jesus-Chris...

Page of text with initials, gold border with flowers and insects.

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Anthropomorphic initial. - miniature, medieval manuscript

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