Renaissance period — works
17,137–17,172 of 20,442 works · most celebrated first
The hunter throws away the baby parrots, who pretend to be dead, and captures the mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
The wounded monkey bites the hand of the prince, his chessmate, in the presence of guests, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
Water Village
Text, Folio 8 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Birds Gather under the Spring Willow
Text, Folio 37 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 30 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Adoration of the Shepherds
Text, folio 6 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-ninth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-Ninth Night
Text, Folio 63 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Bodhisattvas of the Ten Stages in Attaining the Most Perfect Knowledge
Lazarus and the Rich Man
The Fool's Spring, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
Text, folio 11 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The prince and Nikfal are joined by Khalis and the Mukhlis who are the grateful snake and frog in human form, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
The soldier receives a garland of roses from his wife which will remain fresh as long as she is faithful, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourth Night
Scholar-Hermits in the Autumn Mountains
Text, Folio 44 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 40 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 35 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Poet Lin Bu Wandering in the Moonlight
Icon of the New Testament Trinity
The rejuvenated old man and the daughter of the king of the jinns take leave of the King of Kings, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Tenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 23 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 74 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Mahavira's Omniscience and First Teaching (Samavasarana), Folio 39 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The donkey, in a tiger’s skin, reveals his identity by braying aloud, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-first Night
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Virgin and Child under a Canopy
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 62 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
King Siddhartha's Morning Bath, Folio 22 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, folio 5 (verso), from Brahman Rishabhadatta's speech, from a Kalpa-sutra
Hearing her declaration of love, Ayaz falls at the feet of Mahmuda at the holy shrine. The scene is witnessed by Salim, Ayaz’s friend, and a maid, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-third Night