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This page from Walters manuscript W.674 bears 4 diplomas written within illuminated cartouches inscribed in ijazah script by the following master calligraphers: Yaziji zadah, Isma'il al-Zuhdi Katib al-Saray al-Sultani, Muhammad Hasib, and 'Ali al-Wasfi. The page is dated 1219 AH/AD 1804-1805.

On this folio from Walters manuscript W.653, a middle-aged woman stands in a landscape, holding a vase of flowers. The salmon pink margins are stenciled with animal and floral forms. The catchword at the lower left indicates that the following folio is missing.

This drawing, Walters manuscript leaf W.749, was executed in Safavid Iran, most probably in the late 10th century AH/AD 16th, in Qazvin or Isfahan. Above, a farmer plows; below, a seated young man watches a produce seller weigh his purchase. On the rocks in the center foreground is inscribed the name of one of the most famous painters in Iran in the 11th century AH/AD 17th, Riza 'Abbasi (active 1001-1044 AH/AD 1591-1592 to 1634). As the handwriting does not match that of the artist, an admirer of Riza's work seems to have attributed the drawing to him. The execution and the bucolic subject matter of this drawing relate closely to the oeuvre of the Persian artist Muhammadi Haravi (active late 10th century AH/AD 16th), who worked in Qazvin. It is possible that this composition was conceived as a manuscript page.

This is the final illuminated page in the codex, Walters W.582. The last panel contains the colophon, written in Riqa' script, giving the name of the scribe as Habib Allah ibn Dust Muhammad al-Khwarizmi.

"Black Buck", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

This illuminated title page from Walters manuscript W.581 gives the title of the work, as well as the authors' names. There is also a statement referring to the patronage of the manuscript, indicating that it was made for the Mawlawi (Mevlevi) Library (bi-rasm al-Khizanah al-Karimah al-"Aliyah al-Mawlawiyah).

The top and bottom panels of this illuminated finispiece from Walters manuscript W.578 are inscribed with the basmalah and hamdalah in white Thuluth script. The Qur'anic verses in the central panel are written in Square Kufic.

European Banquet Scene (or The Marriage Feast at Cana?)

This folio from Walters manuscript W.580 is the left side of an illuminated double-page frontispiece of geometric design in gold, red, blue, and green, with a marginal rosette at the left.

Walters manuscript W.619 is an illuminated manuscript containing 2 works by Sa"di (died 691 AH/AD 1292): the Gulistan (Rose garden) and the Bustan (Orchard). It was copied in 980 AH/AD 1572 by Muhammad Riza al-Tabrizi in Iran. The text of the Gulistan appears in the main area, while that of the Bustan is inscribed obliquely around the main text area on three sides. Both texts are written in black and gold nasta"liq script. The margins are multi-colored, gold-sprinkled tinted or marbled paper. The original leather binding dates to the 10th century AH/AD 16th and has dentelle-style decorated boards and doublures with gold filigree work over a multi-colored ground of blue, green, red, and black.

Portrait of a Ladakhi Mountain Goat

Rustam's seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Walters manuscript W.620 has a brown leather blind-stamped binding with a flap. The binding is decorated with a central oval medallion and pendants. This binding is not original to the manuscript.

Collection of Poems (Divan)

Book on Navigation

This folio from Walters manuscript W.677 depicts Bahram Gur in a peasant's house.

Textile

Bahram Gur Arrives at the House of a Merchant, text page (recto); Bahram Gur Slays a Dragon (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama

"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz

Alexander the Great Enthroned at Persepolis

Kichik Beg Wounded during Babur's Attack on Qalat, from a copy of the Baburnama (Book of Babur)

Grapevine in the Wind

This illustration from Walters manuscript W.644 depicts Zulaykha in a blue-domed litter on a camel led by a cameleer. The retinue is entering the capital of Egypt.

Manuchehr Kills Tur, Manuscript from Shahnama

The Greedy Dog

Portrait of Emperor Jahangir

An Old Sufi Laments His Lost Youth

Amir Khusrau Dedicates His Poem to Sultan Ala al-Din Khalji, page from the Quintet (Khamsa) of Amir Khusraw Dehlavi

A Virtuous Woman Placates the King by Plucking Out Her Eyes

"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

"The Funeral of Isfandiyar," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Walters manuscript W.620 has a brown leather blind-stamped binding with a flap. The binding is decorated with a central oval medallion and pendants. This binding is not original to the manuscript.

Angel (Peri) Riding a Composite Camel

Ōtsu-e of a Youth Holding Irises (Yarō)

Pichhwai for the Festival of Cows

The Flood of Noah (Genesis 7:11-24)

Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads

Young Woman Smoking a Huqqa

A Stallion

Puppies

Honderd gezichten op de berg Fuji - deel drie

Carpet

Autumn Maples with Poem Slips

Winter and Summer Flowers

Velvet and Silk Carpet

A Young Prince on Horseback

Silk Animal Carpet

Zal Climbing to Rudaba, page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi

"Lotto" Carpet

Buddhist Deities

The Wade Cup with Animated Script

Portrait of Prince Sur Singh Rathor of Bikaner (1594–1631)

Bowl with Inscription, "Sovereignty is God's"

Fragment textiel

Carpet with Triple-Arch Design

Vasant Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)

Four Portraits from the St. Petersburg Album. Painters unknown, borders by Muhammad Sadiq. Top left: Nadir Shah, Iran, ca. 1740. Top right: Adil Shah, Iran, ca. 1748. Bottom left: Unidentified nobleman, Mughal school, 18th century. Bottom right: Unidentified nobleman, Mughal school, 18th century. Art Institute of Chicago 1919.952 recto

Manuscript Cover with Prajnaparamita Attended by Sadakshari Lokeshvara and a Tara

Krishna Fluting

Autumn Evening with Full Moon on Musashino Plain

A Procession Scene with Musicians, from a copy of the Padshanama

Peonies

Birds and Flowers

Irises

Heer Ranjha: Lady with Water Jug on her Head and Lady Holding out her Arms, Jodhpur school, India, c. mid-18th century, opaque watercolor on paper, Tokyo National Museum

Birds and Flowers

Chrysanthemums by the Water

A Disconsolate Lady on a Terrace with Attendants

Books and Scholars’ Accoutrements

Woman Addressing a Peacock: Gujari Ragini of Megh, from a Ragamala

Abhisarika Nayika (Heroine Running to Meet her Lover)

Ingelijste muurschildering voorstellende Xiwangmu en dienaressen

Ragini Gaudi, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set

Asavari Ragini, page from a Garland of Musical Ragas (Ragamala) Set

Textile Fragment

Buddhist Priest's Ceremonial Robe

Chinese Bird on Snow-Laden Branch

Lakeside Retreat

Silk Kashan Carpet

Maharana Amar Singh II with Ladies of the Zenana outside the Picture Hall at Rajnagar

Grafmonument met alliantiewapen en vier kwartierwapens

The Emperor's Carpet

Duck in Flight

Japan; Illustrated book; Illustrated Books

Silk Velvet Designed by 'Ghiyath'

Ruler Entertained by Dancers in a Paradise Garden

Jar with Dragon and Clouds Design

Paulownias and Chrysanthemums

Heron on a Willow Branch

Tánggǔ (堂鼓)

Leaf from Book of Hours

This folio from Walters manuscript W.596 depicts the fall of Samarqand.

Fragment textiel

Monkey Hanging on to a Branch

Camellia by Water

The Four Seasons

Accordion