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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.

Honderd gezichten op de berg Fuji - deel drie

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.

Book on Navigation

Leaf from Album of Persian Calligraphy

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.

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

Canopy with Dragon among Flowers

Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Phoenix in Paulownia

Collection of Poems (Divan)

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.

Unidentified Man

Cover Panel for a Tihong

Ōtsu-e of a Youth Holding Irises (Yarō)

Unidentified Woman

Insects and Flowers, Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century, color on silk, Tokyo National Museum

Amitabha Triad, Tokyo National Museum

Henri-Charles Maniglier

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.

Beroemde blikken op de Oostelijke hoofdstad

Accordion

Unidentified Woman

Unidentified Man

Schetsen van Hokusai - deel 5

[The Oriel Window, South Gallery, Lacock Abbey]

Birds and Flowers

Grapevine in the Wind

Blackbook I

G.W.M. Nutt and Minnie Warren

Unidentified Woman

Oribe-Type Ewer

Velvet and Silk Carpet

Autumn Evening with Full Moon on Musashino Plain

Phineas T. Barnum

Acteurs tijdens een kabuki-voorstelling in Kabukiza, Tokyo

"Lotto" Carpet

Denshin kaishu Hokusai manga nihen

Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro

Fragment van een muurschildering

Ingelijste muurschildering voorstellende Xiwangmu en dienaressen

Silk Animal Carpet

Mr. Coombs

Tánggǔ (堂鼓)

Center table

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

Charles and Lavinia Stratton

Charles and Lavinia Stratton

Monkey Hanging on to a Branch

Gedicht op de zilveren bruiloft van Ludolph Simon de With en Maria de Wit, 15 augustus 1771

A pale-skinned woman sits on a red velvet chair, which is almost entirely hidden by her voluminous, dark emerald-green and gold gown, in this vertical portrait painting. The woman sits in the center of a shadowed, cavernous space, and her body and dress nearly fill the composition. Her body is turned slightly to our right, and she looks at us from the corners of her large, dark eyes. She has a round face, slightly flushed cheeks, and her full, rose-pink lips are closed. Her tawny-brown hair is pulled back under a headband that glints silver over her right ear, to our left. A goldenrod-yellow flower is tucked into her hair near that spot. Her tall, gossamer lace ruff collar is pleated into figure-eights, and it spans the width of her shoulders. Dots of white paint suggest detailing along the pleated edges. The fabric of her gown is so dark green that it appears black in some places, and it is decorated with bands of gold embroidery down the front of the bodice and full skirt, and around the bottom hem. A cape-like garment splits over long, puffy sleeves, which end with pleated, fog-gray fabric at the wrist. The cape and sleeves are densely ornamented with vegetal designs in glimmering gold. She rests her left elbow, on our right, on the arm of her chair so her hand rests palm up, near her waist. The other hand hangs off the end of the other arm of the chair, which is covered by her sleeve. A closed, black and gold fan hangs on a gold chain near that hand. Her skirt brushes the carpet, which is patterned with floral designs in ruby red, mustard yellow, and charcoal gray. The only parts of the chair that we see are a gold orb finial over her right shoulder, to our left, and the velvet-covered arm of the chair on the opposite side. Above the woman to our right hangs the edge of a muted gold curtain. The woman is lit from behind us, and the space around her is largely swallowed in shadow. Another curtain is lifted in the room behind her. Through it, we look out onto a landscape with a stone tower and buildings under a sky swirled with parchment brown, steel gray, and a sweep of brick red.

Unidentified Man

Pichhwai for the Festival of Cows

Unidentified Man

John F. Gray

Textile

Japan; Illustrated book; Illustrated Books

Unidentified Woman

Lakeside Retreat

Peahen and hibiscus

Dagger-axe

A Philosopher Watching a Pair of Butterflies, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu)

The Emperor's Carpet

Unidentified Man

Two Ge

Child Asleep (The Rosebud)

Buddhist Deities

Chrysanthemums by the Water

Unidentified Man

Mirror with Phoenixes, Birds, Butterflies, and Floral Sprays

Bowl with Inscription, "Sovereignty is God's"

Fragment textiel

Rectangular Textile Fragment

Blooming Plum Tree, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu)

Acteur in een Noh-theaterstuk, Tokyo

Birds and Flowers

The image shows a young child standing next to a rocking horse. The child is standing upright with one hand resting on the rocking horse's head and the other hand holding a whip. The child has fair skin, blue eyes, and short blonde hair with a small curl at the top. The child wears an orange dress with floral patterns, white lace-trimmed pantaloons, white stockings, and black shoes. The background includes red drapery on the left side and a bright landscape visible through a window, as well as a deep green hue on the right side.

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.

Phoenixes and Paulownia

Charles and Lavinia Stratton

Man of the Djard Family

Carpet with Scrolling Vines and Blossoms

Pungwuni

Silk Kashan Carpet

M for Milkmaid

Helmet (Zukinnari Kabuto)

Raft Cup

Paulownias and Chrysanthemums

Tigers Chasing Deer, with Dragon

Edward Sheriff Curtis Self-Portrait

Unidentified Man

Cuckoo Flying under a Full Moon

Textile Fragment

Fragment textiel

A Stallion

Jean Marie Soulier

Belt clasp

The painting depicts a rocky coastline dotted with color. The horizon is high in the scene, and a strip of pale-yellow sky is visible at the very top of the painting. Along the rocky coast in the distance, the colorful land meets vivid turquoise and green ocean waters, with white lines indicating small waves. A red-striped umbrella in the top left corner appears to shelter a person in a long white dress; the umbrella obscures their face. The rocks have been painted with thick dots of black, white, yellow, orange, red, and green. The brushstrokes are expressive and the paint has been thickly applied in dots and dashes.

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.