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The magician, disguised as a Brahman, visits the king of Babylon, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night
The king’s emissary being provided with gifts for his mission to Rum in order to seek the hand of the emperor’s daughter in marriage, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night
Head of a Beauty
Lakshmi and Sarasvati
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Text, Folio 74 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
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Puccio di SimoneJomfru Maria i afmagt sammen med de tre Maria'er ved Kristi sarkofag
Master of HeiligenkreuzDeath of the Virgin
Muhammad Rizavi HindiPosthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719–1748) holding a falcon (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
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BasavanaA mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
The unfaithful wife explaining away the presence of the dough elephant, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The Fourteen Dreams of Queen Trishala, folio 14 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Folio 22 from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Samantabhadra spinning clouds of things (recto); Text (verso)
Text, Folio 34 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
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Folio 2, from a Kalpa-sutra: A Monk Preaching (recto); Text (verso)
Text, folio 54 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
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VenetianBishop Saint from an Augustinian altarpiece
Mary and Joseph Travel to Bethlehem (folio 24 verso), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
Kalighat Painting
Text, folio 52 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Babur receives booty and Humayun’s salute after the victory over Sultan Ibrahim in 1526, from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)
Radha’s Confidante Brings Her to Krishna, based on poetry of Bihari (Indian, 1595–1663)
A Princess and Demons before a Nobleman: A Leaf from a Poetical Romance Relating to Shah Alam I (recto); Stenciled Scenes of Lion and Gazelle (verso)
Text of Rustam and Suhrab, from the Shah-nama of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934–1020) (verso)
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Text, folio 157 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
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Text, Folio 74 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Workshop of Paolo VenezianoSaints Augustine and Peter
Mir HashimShah Jahan
Radha and Krishna meet in the forest during a storm
Text, folio 43 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
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The Morning Toilette
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Text, Folio 92 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Text, Folio 40 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Text, folio 50 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
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Text, Folio 38 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
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Allegretto NuziBishop Saint Enthroned
Krishna and Balarama touching the feet of Vasudeva and Devaki, from the “Vertical” Bhagavata Purana