1. Single Leaf of a Portrait of Shahriyar

Date:

11th century AH/AD 17th century (Mughal)

Medium:

ink and pigments on paper mounted on pasteboard

Extent:

Dimensions: H: 7 1/16 x W: 4 15/16 in. (18 x 12.5 cm); Image H: 2 1/16 x W: 1 5/8 in. (5.3 x 4.2 cm)

2. Youth with a Falcon

Date:

late 10th century AH/AD 16th century-early 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Safavid)

Medium:

paper with ink, paint, and gold mounted on pasteboard

Extent:

Dimensions: H: 12 5/8 x W: 8 1/4 in. (32 x 21 cm)

3. Leaf from Poem in Honor of the Prophet Muhammad

Date:

11th century AH/AD 17th century-12th century AH/AD 18th century

Medium:

ink and pigments on cream, glazed paper for main panel with multi-colored paper for inlaid margins

Extent:

Dimensions: H: 10 1/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (25.5 x 16.5 cm)

4. Leaf from Poem in Honor of the Prophet Muhammad

Date:

11th century AH/AD 17th century-12th century AH/AD 18th century

Medium:

ink and pigments on cream, glazed paper for main panel with multi-colored paper for inlaid margins

Extent:

Dimensions: H: 10 1/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (25.5 x 16.5 cm)

5. Leaf from Maritime Atlas

Date:

10th century AH/AD 16th century (Ottoman)

Medium:

ink and pigments on parchment

Extent:

Dimensions: H: 11 13/16 x W: 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.5 cm)

6. A Youth with a Falcon (Back)

Date:

late 10th century AH/AD 16th century-early 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Safavid)

Medium:

ink and pigments on paper mounted on pasteboard

Extent:

Dimensions: H: 12 5/8 x W: 8 1/4 in. (32 x 21 cm)

7. Moses Receiving the Law

Date:

1087-88

Medium:

ink and pigments on high quality parchment

Extent:

Dimensions: Folio H: 4 5/8 x W: 3 9/16 in. (11.7 x 9.1 cm)

8. Binding from Gospels

Date:

n.d.

Medium:

wooden boards covered with blind-tooled leather with linear designs, triangular metal plaques with incised floral motifs nailed at upper cover corners and four quaterfoil plaques nailed in random arrangement, one of unornamented silver, two of a base metal and each with a small relief of the crucified Christ

Extent:

Dimensions: Overall H: 10 13/16 x W: 7 7/8 x D: 2 15/16 in. (27.5 x 20 x 7.5 cm); Folio H: 10 3/8 × W: 7 5/16 in. (26.4 × 18.5 cm)

9. A Youth with a Falcon

Date:

late 10th century AH/AD 16th century-early 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Safavid)

Medium:

ink and pigments on paper mounted on pasteboard

Extent:

Dimensions: H: 12 5/8 x W: 8 1/4 in. (32 x 21 cm)

10. The Book of the Faiyum

Date:

1st century BCE-2nd century CE (Greco-Roman)

Medium:

red and black ink on papyrus

Extent:

Dimensions: H: 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)