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THE ORIENTAL COLLECTION
Table of Contents
1. Nestorian Syriac manuscript. Printed leaf from a New Testament in Syriac. [23.0 MB]
2. Armenian manuscript. Printed leaf from an Armenian Book of Rituals. [25.0 MB]
3. Arabic manuscript in Cufic characters: the Koran. [25.4 MB]
4. Arabic manuscript: a Book of Devotions. Modem Arabic manuscript: the Koran. [14.1 MB]
5. Arabic manuscript, 17th Century: the Koran. Printed leaf from an Arabic book. [25.2 MB]
6. Arabic manuscript written in Persia. [26.3 MB]
7. Turkish manuscript: a Book of Travels. Printed leaf from a Turkish dictionary. [15.9 MB]
8. Persian manuscript: Biographies of noted Sufis. [29.1 MB]
9. Persian manuscript: the Gulistan of Sa'di. Printed leaf from a Persian textbook. [16.5 MB]
10. Persian manuscript: the Shahnama of Firdausi. Persian manuscript: the Kamsah of Niz,ami. [28.2 MB]
11. Persian manuscript with miniature. [7.6 MB]
12. Kashmir manuscript in Persian. [15.1 MB]
13. Sanskrit manuscript. Printed leaf from a New Testament in Sanskrit. [27.9 MB]
14. Sanskrit manuscript, 18th Century. Illuminated Sanskrit manuscript, 19th Century. [26.5 MB]
15. Rajput miniature painting. [17.4 MB]
16. Hindi manuscript: the Chronicles of Rajputana. Printed leaf from Sakuntala in Hindi. [33.4 MB]
17. Tibetan Buddhist manuscript. [0.7 MB]
18. Mongol manuscript. [18.5 MB]
19. Burmese palm leaf manuscript. Sinhalese palm leaf manuscript. [40.2 MB]
20. Siamese manuscript. [7.6 MB]
21. Javanese manuscript. [14.7 MB]
22. Chinese rubbing. [8.3 MB]
23. Chinese block printing. Japanese block printing. [30.0 MB]
24. Japanese Buddhist manuscript, 14th Century. Japanese manuscript, 17th Century. [28.1 MB]
25. Japanese color print by Hokusai. Modem Japanese illustration. [14.7 MB]

 
     
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