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Armenians
MS Leaf: Bible Lessons
1400 – 1432
Museum Purchase
1959/1.149
A painting of a haloed Christ with white hair and a beard. In each corner of the painting is a winged animal with a scroll. The image is surrounded with a gold leaf border and brightly colored flowers.
French (French (culture or style))
Christ in Majesty
1470 – 1480
Museum purchase made possible by the Director's Acquisition Committee, 2017
2017/1.551.1

John Cage
Ideogram
1975
Gift of Professor and Mrs. Gerome Kamrowski
1981/2.183
NeXT mechanical artwork, including Rand's handwriting on right upper corner
Paul Rand (American (North American))
NeXT logo mechanical artwork
1995 – 1996
RAND/2.28

Danh Vo (Danish (culture or style))
2.2.1861
2009
Museum purchase made possible by the Director's Acquisition Committee, 2021
2021/2.3

Turkish
Qur'an manuscript leaf in small naskh script, chapter 20, verse 87
18th century
Museum Purchase
1959/1.157
A painting of Christ on a cross with two haloed figures beneath him and the sun and moon above him. The image is surrounded by a gold leaf border and brightly painted flowers.
French (French (culture or style))
Crucifixion
1470 – 1480
Museum purchase made possible by the Director's Acquisition Committee, 2017
2017/1.551.2

Syrian
Prayer Book of Service for the Dead, manuscript page
1267 – 1299
Museum Purchase
1959/1.147
This page from the Shahnama of Firdausi is the second illuminated chapter heading of the book. The language of the text is Persian, but the script used is a modified form of Arabic done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The manuscript was made by the Shiraz and Timurid Schools, ca. 1460. 
Iranian (Iranian)
Illuminated Chapter Heading from the Shahnama of Firdausi (The “Kervorkian Shahnama”) (Second heading)
1455 – 1465
Museum Purchase
1963/1.39D
Mechanical artwork designed by Paul Rand for his Eye-Bee-M poster in support of the IBM THINK motto, the rebus used pictures to represent letters. This rebus is now an iconic part of our visual history.&nbsp;The mechanical artwork has Rand&#39;s handwriting on it.&nbsp;<br /> &nbsp;
Paul Rand (American (North American))
IBM poster mechanical artwork
1981
RAND/2.4
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