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Photograph of AKM PS24 Robe, focusing on the back bottom-left panel of the robe, depicting a scene with Vamiq and Azra. A story deriving from the eleventh-century Iranian poet, Unṣurī in his work titled, "The Virgin and Her Lover". The story is an…

The first image is the cover of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and the second image is the title page of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from 1885 in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.

This monumental map follows India's Ganges River and one of its sources, the Alakananda, from the point of view of a Hindu pilgrim travelling from one shrine to the next, following the path of the rivers from left to right. Beginning at Devprayag,…

"A Map of Middle-Earth. Drawn and Embellished by Pauline Baynes. Based on the cartography of J.R.R. and C.J.R. Tolkien. First Trade Printing 1970. (c) George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1970. Printed in U.S.A. 345-24944-5-300 $3.00 Pauline Baynes 1969."…

The lacquered cover of this Shahnameh manuscript showcases a dense pattern of grape-bearing vine scrolls, which continued to be an influential motif over the following centuries. This handwritten manuscript contains the Shahnameh (literally, "Book of…

Fourteenth-century Latin manuscript in parchment of the Grand Coutumier de Normandie, along with various laws of French kings and Pope Martin V as well as French local customs for the regulation of the forest of Bort area. No dimensions indicated.

Latin manuscript containing "the old custom of Normandy," from the fourteenth century.

Fourteenth-century parchment manuscript containing a Latin Coutumier de Normandie, as well as record of a 1267 council at Pont-Audemer, of decisions of the Norman Exchequer, of feudal holdings of the French and English kings and a French list of…

A very rich fifteenth-century manuscript containing, among many other things, a Latin Coutumier de Normandie, as well as records of the assizes of Normandy, forest surveys, record of a 1279 at Pont-Audemer and a book on artillery.

A 15.3-by-8.2cm French Coutumier de Normandie of 100 parchment leaves (200 pages), missing at least half of its text. Based on the text of the thirteenth-century Grand Coutumier de Normandie with the presence of Anglo-Saxon laws and an incomplete…