Western and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures

Ɵ‘Liber Extraordinarius’, a Festal Lectionary with Invitatories and Antiphons, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy (Milan), dated...

ƟBook of Hours, Use of Rome, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on parchment [southern France (perhaps Limoges), immediately before 1439]...

ƟBook of Hours, Use of Rome, in Latin and Italian, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy (Rome), dated 5 March 1494] 142 leaves (plus a moder...

ƟChoirbook, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [France, seventeenth century]22 leaves (plus a parchment endleaf at each end, and parchment pastedow...

ƟSeries of four Choirbooks, in Latin, manuscripts on paper in fine silver-edged bindings [Italy (Rome), dated 1766] Four large thin volumes, with ...

ƟVita di Filippo Strozzi, in Italian, illustrated manuscript on paper [Italy (probably Florence), first decades of seventeenth century] 190 leaves...

ƟFrano Gundulic, Relatione del Sig. Francesco Gondola, fatta alla Santità di N. S.re Papa Gregorio XIII circa alcuni particolari del Turco, an acc...

ƟNiccolo Tani dal Borgo San Sepolcro, Comedia nuoua intitulata La Cognata, a historical and satirical romantic comic play, in Italian, manuscript ...

Sacra rapresentazione in versi, per la Settimana Santa, in Italian, manuscript on paper [Italy (probably Vicenza or Rome), 1560s] 53 leaves, wanti...

ƟClaudio Tolomei, Oglia putrida, in Italian, manuscript on paper [Italy (probably Tuscany), early eighteenth century] 29 leaves (last four leaves ...

ƟGrimoire (occult compendium), with rituals, recipes and sections on alchemy, astrology and demonology, in Italian and Latin, illustrated manuscri...

ƟThe Saga of Nikulás Leikara, and the Saga of Hermann and Jarlmann, two riddarasögur (knight’s sagas), in Old Norse, decorated manuscript on paper...

ƟA Juz' from a Kufic-style Qur'an, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on parchment [probably Turkey or Iran, mid-twentieth century] 36 leaves, 8 li...

ƟAli bin Muhammad al-Husain al-Bazdawi, Al-Juzu' al-Thani min 'Usul al'Imam al-Bazdawi “Usul al-Bazdawi”, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper...

“Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim”, panel of calligraphy, perhaps a practice sheet in the style of Ahmed Kharahisari, illuminated manuscript on parchm...

ƟMuhammad ibn Muhammad Sibt al-Mardini al-Damashqi, Kitab al'Ahab fith al'Wahab fi Ilm al-Hisab (a mathematical treatise), in Arabic, decorated ma...

ƟHussayn ibn Muhammad (or Ahmad) al-Mahalli, Kashf al-Astar ein Nuzhat al-Ghubar (a mathematical treatise), copied by the author, in Arabic, decor...

ƟKitab al-Tibb (a medical treatise), in Ottoman Turkish, decorated manuscript on paper [Ottoman Turkey, c. 1800] 82 leaves (plus an endpaper at ea...

ƟKhanoun bint Rais al-A'tyiba Mustafa bin Abdullah ibba Bugha'ida al-Fayzi, Ghayh al-Bayan fi Elaq Badan al-Insan (fi Ilm al-Tibb) Tasnif al-Tabib...

ƟTaqi al-Din ibn al-Ma'ruf, Al-Kawakib al-Durriyya fi wadh' al-Bankamat al-Dawriyya, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on polished paper [probably...

ƟAhmad bin Ali ibn Zanbal al-Rammal, Kitab al-Thahab al'Abrir fi Ilm al-Raml al-Athar ('Book on the Science of Sand', a treatise on geomancy), in ...

ƟAbu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi, Kitab al'Aerab fi Ilm'al-Aerab (Theology on Arabic language and expressions), in Arabic, illuminated manus...

A calligraphic panel by Ismail Zuhtu, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [Ottoman Turkey, second half of eighteenth century] Single sheet,...

ƟA Miniature Octagon-shaped Qur'an, signed by Abdullah Husayn bada Rashida, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper, housed in contemporary box...

ƟMawla Sal'a wa S'llim daima' abadan (a volume of Arabic Qasa'ida), 8 parts in one volume, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on polished paper [pr...

ƟKhawaja Shams ud'Din Muhammad Hafez'e Shirazi 'Hafiz', Ghazaliyaat, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia (possibly Tabriz), ...

Panel of Persian verse with drawing of an archer, 'marriage' of two different pieces, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on paper [probably Safavid ...

A Young Prince in Preparation for an Elegant Feast, oil on canvas [Qajar Persia, first decades of the nineteenth century] Oil on canvas with gilt ...

Portrait of a Female Musician, playing the Mandalin, oil on canvas [Qajar Persia, first decades of the nineteenth century] Oil on canvas with gilt...

Bifolium with four calligraphic panels, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on polished paper [probably Safavid Persia, c. 1730 AD] Single leaf, sho...

ƟA Fine Pocket-Sized Qur'an, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [Qajar Persia, c. 1800 AD] 206 leaves, complete, catch-words throughout, i...

A fine Shama'il Nama, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [Qajar Persia, second half of the nineteenth century] Single vast leaf, central o...

ƟAli Abd'alrahman bin Muhammad ibn Nizal, Mukhtasar Lu'as al-Anwar al-Bahiat li'sharh al-Manzuma al-Maridia al-Jami'a, in Arabic, decorated manusc...

Al-Ijaza Mubaraka b'ilm Muhammad Taqtaq (a Hajj certificate scroll), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [probably Northern India or Mecca, d...

Ɵ Qur'an in 30 Juz', copied by Ahmed Amer Zeyd al-Shafei, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Saudi Arabia (probably Hejaz), dated 1294 AH (...

A princess seated in walled pleasure garden with ladies in waiting, Indian miniature on card, Mewar school [Udaipur, India, early eighteenth centu...

Vishnu Reclining on the multi-headed serpent Shesha, with his wife Lakshimi over the cosmic ocean, scene from the Bhagatava Purana, Deccani school...

Lady seated in a Palace Courtyard, holding a flower, Indian painting on card, Mughal school [Lucknow, Northern India, c. 1750] Single folio, ink a...

Noblemen in discussion, with Ladies, Horsemen and Guardsmen also in the Royal Palace, Indian painting on card, Pahari School [Northern India, c. 1...

Kanada Ragini, Death of the White Elephant, scene from a Ragamala series, Indian miniature on card, Deccani school [probably Hyderabad, India, lat...

A pair of paintings, depicting a courting scene and two ladies in a palace courtyard, both scenes from a Ragamala series, Indian miniatures on car...