Qur’an manuscript leaf in Abbasid Kufic script 701 – 900 brown ink with touches of red | natural parchment Gift of Professor Kamer Aga-Oglu for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection 1970/2.109
Iranian Tile fragment with inscription, Molded calligraphy in depressed band in the tile, glazed in bluish-turquoise, slight incrustation and iridescence. 1100 – 1299 molded fritware with turquoise glaze Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design 1972/2.153
Iranian Illuminated Chapter Heading from the Shahnama of Firdausi (The “Kervorkian Shahnama”) (Second heading) 1455 – 1465 ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf | paper Museum Purchase 1963/1.39D
Syrian Prayer Book of Service for the Dead, manuscript page 1267 – 1299 ink and color | glazed paper Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton B. Freudenheim in memory of Otto F. Ege 1987/1.195.3
Iranian Sikandar Goes on a Pilgrimage to the Kaaba, from the Shahnama of Firdausi 1455 – 1465 ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf | paper Museum Purchase 1963/1.65