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Name |
Artist/Origin |
Date |
Material |
 | The Night Journey of Muhammad on His Steed, Buraq from the Bustan of Sacdi | Unknown painter; Sultan Muhammad Nur (calligrapher) (Uzbekistani, active first half of 16th century) | 1514 | Colors, ink, and gold on paper |
 | “Alexander Fights the Monster of Habash” from the Shahnama | Unknown artist, Tabriz, Iran | Before 1335 | Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper |
 | “Battle of Lanka, between Rama and Ravana, King of the Rakshasas” from the Ramayana | Rajasthani School, India | Early 19th century | Watercolor on paper |
 | Shah Jahan Watching an Elephant Fight | Attributed to Bulaqi | Mughal Period, ca. 1639 | Opaque watercolor and gold on paper |
 | Cosmological Diagram (Map of the Heavens) from the Phenomena of Aratus | French School | ca. 1000 | Vellum |
 | Death leading a doctor holding a vial of urine. La Danse Macabre. | Unknown artist, France | Late 15th century | Tempera on parchment |
 | Prato Haggadah, Folio 11r | Unknown artist, Spain | ca. 1300 | Ink, gesso, paint, and gold leaf on parchment |
 | Poems with Floral Decoration | Kojima Soshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656) | Edo period, 1652 | Handscroll; ink and color on gold-decorated paper |
 | Lindisfarne Gospels, fol. 29 (Cotton MS, Nero D.IV) | Attr. to Bishop Eadfrith of Lindisfarne (698–721), Northumbria (England) | ca. 680–720 | Ink, pigments and gold on vellum |
 | Venus Table from the Dresden Codex | Maya artist, Yucatán Peninsula probably, Mesoamerica | Pre-Columbian, ca. 13th–14th century | Paint and lime plaster on Amate (ficus) fiber paper |
 | Leaf from a Qur’an Manuscript | Unknown artist, attr. to Spain | 13th–14th century | Ink, colors, and gold on vellum |
 | Quotations from Chairman Mao | Xu Bing (Chinese, b. 1955) | 2001 | Ink on paper, Japanese silk backing |
 | Book Cover for Zang Tumb Tumb | Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (Italian, 1876–1944) | 1914 | Type on colored paper |
 | Bamboo in the Wind | Wu Zhen (Chinese, 1280–1354) | Yuan Dynasty, 1350 | Ink on paper |
 | The Five Scrolls | Aaron Wolf Herlingen (Austrian, ca. 1700–ca. 1757) | 1748 | Ink and gold leaf on paper |
 | Biblia Latina (Latin Bible) | Johann Gutenberg (German, ca. 1400–1468) (publisher) | ca. 1455 | Type on vellum |
