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Nufayl reads a letter from the Jews of Bayt al-Muqaddas (the Jewish Te...

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.

Shâhnâmah = The Book of Kings. p. 253.

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Garsîvaz leads Manîzha next to the pit where Bîzhan is imprisoned.

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 investiture of the archbishop of Mainz f. 182

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Small miniature of St. Luke. Very elaborate frame-like border, with s...

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Small miniature of St. Luke. Very elaborate frame-like border, with s...

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Annunciation and beginning Hours of the Virgin

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King David. - miniature, medieval manuscript

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Full-page portrait of Mark in gold frame on purple background.

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Opening page of the Gospel, fol. 3

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Giovanni Boccaccio - Adam and Eve. - Public domain medieval manuscript...

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Elaborate text page in gold, purple and green: Sequentia sancti

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Opening of main text -- prologue to psalms. Historiated initial, borde...

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The eagle and the fox [cont.]. - Public domain dedication image

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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 19 - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Malabar leaf cinnamon, wild cinnamon (Cinnamomum iners), salîkhah, fol...

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Miniature showing 1. Curia and Quintus Lucretius and a female attendan...

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Miniature showing Antonia in her widowhood, spinning at her wheel whil...

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Materia medica. Arabic, fol. 29v

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Miniature showing 1. two ships full of soldiers; 2. Camiola's proposal...

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Bitumen, al-qafr (al-yahûdî). The illustration would rather seem to...

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fol. 67r - Public domain dedication image

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Sixth vision: one of the four living creatures (here as the lion of St...

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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 75 - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Materia medica. Arabic, fol. 86

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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 91v - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Large red initial on gold field, full border design, small initials, r...

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Miniature of John the Evangelist, 3-line blue initial, border design. ...

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Grandes chroniques de France Jean Fouquet: fol. 108r, illuminated manu...

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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 111 - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 112 - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Miniature of the Annunciation with the Virgin reading a book (in a che...

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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 149 - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Opening page of calendar, written in French.

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Miniature of the Annunciation, initials, linefiller.

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Hand 2, text in French - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Text with "branch" linefiller, initials, catchword, border design.

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Different scribe or different script style; border of strewn flowers, ...

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Diagram of an eclipse of the sun, with the moon casting a shadow cone.

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Materia medica. Arabic, fol. 274v

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Materia medica. Arabic, fol. 279v

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Pages of text with various initials and border designs.

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The travelers and the flotsam [cont.]; The wild donkey and the tame on...

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The hen and the swallow [cont.]; The first appearance of the camel.

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Rudolf von Ems - fol. 60v manuscript

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The dog who came to dinner [cont.].

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The cricket and the ants [cont.]; The fox and the worm; The hen who la...

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Rubric; full page miniature of battle.

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Text with placemarkers and rubric. Miniature of men drinking.

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Full-page miniature showing marriage.

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Rubric and full-page miniature.

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Text with rubric and placemarkers. Half-page miniature including King...

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Text with rubric and placemarkers; half-page miniature of David rebuke...

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Rudolf von Ems - fol. 178r manuscript

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Rudolf von Ems - fol. 227r manuscript

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Rudolf von Ems - fol. 278v manuscript

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Rudolf von Ems - fol. 299v manuscript

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Rudolf von Ems - fol. 304v manuscript

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Rudolf von Ems - fol. 306v manuscript

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Muhammad and Abû Bakr on camels talk with an old man, Muhsin, of the ...

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.

Farâmarz slays a fleeing soldier.

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Kay Khusrau bids farewell to his court.

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Isfandiyâr lays the booty of his Turan conquest before the throne of G...

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.

Opening of gospel of Mark, with title and miniature of Mark in elabora...

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Title and opening of Gospel of Matthew. Miniature of Matthew. Elabor...

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Portrait of Matthew in gold frame on purple background, with gold, gre...

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Nativity., Illuminated medieval manuscript

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Miniature showing workers constructing a gothic temple to Juno, featur...

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Back cover

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Rustam as a child kills an enraged white elephant.

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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 13 - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Miniature showing torture chamber. Leaena is shown lying on a table, ...

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Rustam meets with Kay Kâ'ûs. - 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.

Miniature showing Claudia's father arriving in the Capitol, with an en...

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Miniature showing 1. Virginia exiting the temple of Pudicitia, expelle...

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Miniature showing the young Roman woman giving milk from her breast to...

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

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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 21v - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Surkhah, the son of Afrâsiyâb, is executed by Zavâra.

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Miniature showing Sempronia defending herself against Equitius before ...

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Miniature showing 1. Cleopatra and Antony seated at a banquet table, t...

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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 28v - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Materia medica. Arabic, fol. 34

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Pharaoh's army following the Israelites; Moses bearing the bones of Jo...

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The nightingale and the sparrow hawk [cont.]; The fox and the goat.

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Public coronation of the pope; the emperor with crown in hand stands a...

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Fifth vision: an angel announces judgment to men of many categories of...

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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 92 - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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fol. 106v - Public domain dedication image

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

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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 124v - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Miniature of the Visitation, initials, linefillers, border design.

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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 138 - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Qisas al-Anbiyâ, fol. 149v - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Annunciation to the Shepherds; large initial, border design, placemark...

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Materia medica. Arabic, fol. 153v

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Opening of main text, miniature of Annunciation with border decoration...

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