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Illuminated Manuscript Koran, The right side of a double page of a table of divination (bibliomancy or tafa'ul), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.569, fol.332bbyWalters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Preface to the Third Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi), W.625 by Jalas al-Din Rumi, MaulanaandAhmad ibn Hajji Abi Bakr al-Katib, Iran c. 1461 via Walters Art Museum, Creative Commons

Book of Hours, W.215 by unknown creator, Flemish ca. 1400-1415 via Walters Art Museum, Creative Commons

Illuminated Preface to the Fourth Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi), W.625 by Jalas al-Din Rumi, MaulanaandAhmad ibn Hajji Abi Bakr al-Katib, Iran c. 1461 via Walters Art Museum, Creative Commons

Illuminated Preface to the First Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi), W.625 by Jalas al-Din Rumi, MaulanaandAhmad ibn Hajji Abi Bakr al-Katib, Iran c. 1461 via Walters Art Museum, Creative Commons

Illuminated Preface to the Second Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi), W.625 by Jalas al-Din Rumi, MaulanaandAhmad ibn Hajji Abi Bakr al-Katib, Iran c. 1461 via Walters Art Museum, Creative Commons

Four Leaves from the Arabic Version of Dioscorides’ De materia medica, W.750 by Dioscordines Pedanius, of Anazarbos and translated by Yuhana bin al-Batriq, Iran ca. 13th century via Walters Art Museum, Creative Commons

Top Row, Left to Right: 1) Mezereon (Spurge-olive)2)Wild Cucumber

Bottom Row, Left to Right: 1) Thymelaea (Spurge-laurel)2)A Type of Thymelaea Called ilyusqufinus

Book of Hours, W.215 by unknown creator, Flemish ca. 1400-1415 via Walters Art Museum, Creative Commons

Book of Hours, W.220, by “Circle of Willem Vrelant”, Bruges, Belgium ca. 1450-1455, via Walters Art Museum, Creative Commons

Psalter, December Calendar with Hog and Capricorn in roundels, Walters Manuscript W.78, fol. 8vbyWalters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.