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Folio from an Arabic translation of De Materia Medica by Dioscorides (ca. 40-90 C.E.); recto: Physician and an ill man; verso: text
1224 (621 A.H.)

Baghdad, Iraq
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Sultan Ahmad Jalayir (d.1410); recto: Pastoral scene; verso: text
ca. 1400

Baghdad, Iraq
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Sultan Ahmad Jalayir (d.1410); Angels amidst clouds; recto: text
ca.1400

Baghdad, Iraq
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Sultan Ahmad Jalayir (d.1410); recto: Landscape with two couples; verso: text
ca.1400

Baghdad, Iraq
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Sultan Ahmad Jalayir (d.1410); recto: Gathering of scholars; verso: text
ca.1400

Baghdad, Iraq
Folio from a copy of the De Materia Medica by Dioscorides (ca. 40-90 C.E.); recto: text and illustration: Autumn crocus; verso: text and illustration: Mushrooms
1224 (621 A.H.)

Probably Baghdad, Iraq
Folio from an Arabic translation of De Materia Medica by Dioscorides (ca. 40-90 C.E.); verso: Two physicians preparing medicine; recto: text
1224 (621 A.H.)

Probably Baghdad, Iraq
Khamsa (Quintet) and Divan by Khwaju Kirmani (d. 1352 or 1361)
1438 (841 A.H.)

Shiraz, Iran
Folio from an unidentified text; recto: A prince enthroned surrounded by attendants; verso: gold and blue rulings
circa 1425-1430

Herat, Afghanistan
Folio from an Automata by al-Jazari; recto: Mechanical device for pouring a drink; verso: text
1354

Egypt
Folio from Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices), “Automata," by al-Jazari (d. 1206); recto: part of a water-clock, with a man seated; verso: text
1354 (755 A.H.)

Egypt
Folio from an Arabic translation of De Materia Medica by Dioscorides (ca. 40-90 C.E.); verso: Two men obtaining clay for medical use; recto: text
1224 (621 A.H.)

Probably Baghdad, Iraq