A DOUBLE PAGE OF POETRY FROM A 16TH CENTURY SHAHNAMA, SAFAVID

Framed Persian Mughal Illuminated Manuscript Page, 16th century. Double sided. Illustration to the Shahnameh, an epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE. Provenance:

From Sebastian Munster’s Cosmographia. “Neuw Griechenlandt mit andern anstossenden Landern wie es zu unsern zeiten beschriben ist.” Late 16th century double-page woodblock map of Greece, the Aeg

Hungariae Descriptio, Wolfgango Lazio Auct. 16th century map. Double-page engraved map of Hungary from Abraham Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Theatrum, [1592]. Good condition, laid down. Image measures 14

MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT PAGE (DOUBLE SIDED), 15/16TH CENTURY. 20 X 14 1/2"

(5) FRAMED PERSIAN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAVES - Illustrated, Gilt and Illuminated Leaves from a Poetry Text, Persia, Safavid, Shiraz, 16th c., three depicting scenes of courtship, two of interactio

GEORG BRAUN & FRANS HOGENBERG HAND COLORED DOUBLE-PAGE ENGRAVED MAP, H 13 1/4", W 19", "LUTETIA, VULGARI NOMINE PARIS":DEPICTING 16TH CENTURY PARIS, WITH A DECORATIVE TITLE-CARTOUCHE FEATURING COAT OF

Rare 19th Century costume plates, double-page book plate, hand-colored engravings from "Zur Geschichte Der Costume". Depicts the First third of the 16th Century, German scholars & bourgeoise, mountain

Framed Persian manuscript folio Lithograph depicting double pages. Lower half translates to page from a manuferri - perfan end of 16th century. Depicts images of warriors fighting and nobles relaxing

AN ILLUSTRATED MINAIATURE FOLIO FROM A DISPERSED FERDOWSI'S SHAHNAMA MANUSCRIPT Safavid Iran, 16th - 17th century

Western Europe, Spain, Renaissance Period, ca. 16th century CE. A marvelous, double-sided vellum page from a religious text of the Catholic Church, perhaps a breviary. Handwritten in black ink, the lo

16TH C ENGRAVING VASARI WITH ARCHITECT PRIMATICCIO: Giorgio Vasari (1511 - 1574, Italy), Artist, Printmaker and Author, c. 1568 double sided book page, one side depicting Francesco Primaticcio, pit et

Description: 3 Pages of Sheet Music on Vellum, 16th/17th Century, comprising three double sided pages of sheet music on vellum, in double glazed gilt frames. Frame size: 23 in. x 16 1/2 in.

2pc 15th & 16th Century Illuminated Manuscript Pages. Includes Book of Hours circa 1440 and Northern French Gradual Leaf circa 1550. Both framed with double sided gallery frames, Gradual Leaf image me

**Originally Listed At $500** Europe, ca. 14th to 16th century. A remarkably well preserved pair of framed double-sided vellum illuminated manuscript pages from a religious text inscribed with 16 line

India 16th century and earlier, A Composite Folio , comprising an illuminated title page from a dispersed manuscript of poetry, Layla and Majnun, with a fragment from a miniature, c.1500, laid in the

**Originally Listed At $250** Near East, Islamic, ca. 16th to 18th century CE. An illuminated page from an Islamic text, perhaps from the Koran (Quran) or a piece of poetry, presenting vivid Arabic te

French, possibly 15th/16th century, black ink on vellum with red and blue capitals with illuminated gilt highlights, sights 6-3/4 x 5 in. and 3-3/4 x 2-1/2 in.; wood frames, one double sided, 13-1/2 x

Twenty-Three Illuminated Vellum Hymnal Pages, 16th c., of varying sizes, (23 pcs.)

Antique Petag Tabriz Rug: 6'6'' x 9'5'' (198 x 287 cm), Persia, early 20th c., based on a 16th c. Safavid "Vase" Carpet. Petag was a famous German company that established workshops in Tabriz for many

14th - 16th C SAFAVID SULTANABED STYLE HANDMADE CERAMIC TERRACOTTA BOWL. FIGURAL DECORATED. 8 1/2" DIAM

14th - 16th C SAFAVID SULTANABAD STYLE HANDMADE CERAMIC TERRACOTTA BOWLS. ANIMAL DECORATED. 9" DIAM.

14th - 16th C SAFAVID SULTANABAD STYLE HANDMADE CERAMIC TERRACOTTA BOWL. 9 1/2" DIAM.

Near East, Persia, Iran, Safavid Empire, ca. 16th century CE. A wheel-thrown jar or vase formed from stone paste (also known as fritware) with a lustrous layer of brilliant glaze in a style known as K

Silius Italicus Gaius De Bello Punico libri septemdecim Lugduni: apud Seb. Gryphium, 1547 Size 3 by 5" (118x66 mm). 430 pp 18th century leather binding with gilt title to the spine Very good interior