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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.

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Photography: Giles Duley profiles Syrian refugees in a simple, heartbreaking way

Great film follows reportage illustrator George Butler on a trip to Afghanistan

Giles Duley's unseen photos of the vulnerable victims of the war in Syria

Standing Buddha

Gaming Die

Head of a Buddha

Monumental Head of Buddha

Illuminated Opening Page Titled Laila and Majnun from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Standing Male Deity (Perhaps Vishnu) Holding a Conch

Illuminated Frontispiece of a Bustan of Sa`di

Chang (jaw harp)

High-Tin Bronze Bowl

Female Head

Divan of Sultan Husayn Baiqara

"The Beggar who Professed his Love for a Prince", Folio 28r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

"Sakyamuni (Buddha) Announces Another Prophet", Folio from a Majma al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)

Bodhisattva

Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

"Bahram Gur in the White Palace on Friday", Folio 235 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Square Tile

"Bahram Gur in the Red Palace on Tuesday", Folio 220 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

"Bahram Gur's Skill with the Bow", Folio 17v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

"How a Braggart was Drowned in a Well", Folio 33v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz

"Bahram Gur in the Turquoise Palace on Wednesday", Folio 216 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz

Square Tile

Head of Buddha

Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz

"Marriage of Khusrau and Shirin", Folio 104 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

"The Anecdote of the Man Who Fell into the Water", Folio 44r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya (Buddha of the Future)

Bowl

Seated Figure

Ewer with Lid

Bowl with Revolving Scrolls

Portrait of a Lady Holding a Flower

Knife Blade

"Battle between Alexander and Darius", Folio 279 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Square Tile

Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription

Ritual Basin

"Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin", Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Head of a Male Figure with a Mustache

"Bahram Gur in the Yellow Palace on Sunday", Folio 213 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Carpet

"The Eavesdropper", Folio 47r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Square Tile

"Laila Visiting Majnun in the Desert", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

"Bahram Gur in the Sandal Palace on Thursday", Folio 230 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

"Jonah and the Whale", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru

Hexagonal Tile

Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble)

Khyber Knife

Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi

"Allusion to Sura 27:16", Folio from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

"Bahram Gur on the Chase", Folio 10r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Sheep bell

Carpet

"Bahram Gur in the Dark Palace on Saturday", Folio 207 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Shield

Tent Door Hanging

Goddess, Possibly Nana, Seated on a Lion

Decorative Drawing

Qairaq (stone castanets)

Illuminated Frontispiece of a Manuscript of the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz

"Laila and Majnun at School", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz

Miniature Qur'an and Qur'an Case

Dutār

"Alexander the Great and Dying Darius", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru

Square Tile

Niche with the Seated Bodhisattva Shakyamuni Flanked by Devotees and an Elephant

"Muhammad's Call to Prophecy and the First Revelation", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)

Festive Dress of a Hazara Woman

Divan (Collected Works) of Mir 'Ali Shir Nava'i

Standing Bodhisattva

Plaque with Loving Couple (Mithuna)

Chang (jaw harp)