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Oriental manuscripts and miniatures : Indian miniatures from the 16th century to the 20th century, including a leaf from a manuscript of the Dastan-i Masih or 'Life of Christ' with a full-page illustration of the woman of Samaria meeting Christ at the well, Mughal, early seventeenth century ; a leaf from a historical manuscript with the emperor Humayun receiving dignitaries while camped outside Qandahar, attributed to the artist Bahman, Mughal, c.1590 ; an illustrations [sic] from the Baburnama with Babur in camp listens [sic] to a petitioner who stands before him to tell his story, by Jamshid Chela, Mughal, c.1590 ; a miniature depicting a black and white goat in a landscape, with her kid prancing before her, Deccan, probably Golconda, c.1670-80 ; an illustration to the Ramayana with a musician playing a vina appealing to Rama, Guler, late eighteenth century ; a royal portrait of Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar dressed in his full court costume, signed by Mihr 'Ali, dated 1810 ; calligraphy and illumination and firmans from the 15th century to the 19th century, including an illuminated firman of Sultan Ahmed II (reigned 1691-1695), written at Erdine, dated 1693 ; a waqfiyya of Shems Bey Fenarizade with the tughra of Sultan Selim II, Ottoman, dated 1517 ; Qur'an and Qur'an leaves from the 9th century to the 19th century, including a Qur'an copied for the treasury of Mehmed the Conqueror, early Ottoman, dated 1454 ; a Qur'an copied by Ahmad bin Yusuf al-Jushi, Mamluk, written at Cairo, dated 1427 ; a large Qur'an copied by Maqsud al-Tabrizi, Persia and Turkey, dated 1555 ; Arabic, Persian and Turkish manuscripts from the 14th century to the 19th century, including a manuscript of Tusi's Arabic version of Ptolemy's Almagest, written at Kashan, dated 1313 |
