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Sultan Sanjar and the Old WomanManuscript leaf from the Baysunghur Shahnameh Manuscript. The illustration depicts a scene from Mahsan al-Asrar (Treasury of Secrets) with an…
The Mishneh Torah, not to be confused with the early medieval Mishnah seen in the eleventh-century manuscript pages appearing earlier in the…
Solomon Enthroned, from the Book of Solomon (Suleymannama)Illuminated manuscript illustrating Solomon enthroned at the top centre of the illustration. The illustration of the wise and powerful king features…
Adventures of Huckleberry FinnThe 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…
Picture of MattMatt needs to get some sleep!
The prayer book "Waymarks of Benefits" (Dala"il al-Khayrat), originally composed in fifteenth-century Morocco, was frequently copied from Senegal to…
This late copy of the Dala'il al-Khayrat was created in Morocco, where the work was originally composed four hundred years earlier. Thousands of…
Bolintineanu - British Library MS Arundel 16 f. 2 - Initial letter with scribe and mythological animalsThis is an illuminated capital letter R. Inside the letter is: a seated tonsured scribe with a quill and a loose piece of parchment; a tonsured…
Hartigan-Go — British Library MS Arundel 16, f. 1This item is a partial page of an illuminated medieval manuscript. It depicts colourful artwork of a scribe holding a quill and surrounded by mythical…
Hartigan-Go — British Library MS Arundel 16, f. 2The items are a page from an illuminated medieval manuscript. The first image depicts the full page, with its artwork and neat handwritten…