Manuscripts and Rare Books
The Walters Art Museum’s collection of rare books and manuscripts chronicles the art of the book over more than 2,000 years from ancient to modern times through almost a thousand illuminated manuscripts, over 1,300 of the first printed books (ca. 1455–1500), and an important collection of nearly 2,000 rare post-1500 tomes. The manuscripts collection features works from across the globe, including deluxe Gospel books from Armenia, Ethiopia, Byzantium, and Ottonian Germany, French and Flemish books of hours, as well as masterpieces of Safavid, Mughal and Ottoman manuscript illumination. The printed book collection includes important first printed editions of ancient texts by great thinkers such as Aristotle and Euclid, a diary written by Napoleon, and an intricate binding crafted by Tiffany.
The Walters Art Museum’s collection of rare books and manuscripts chronicles the art of the book over more than 2,000 years from ancient to modern times through almost a thousand illuminated manuscripts, over 1,300 of the first printed books (ca. 1455–1500), and an important collection of nearly 2,000 rare post-1500 tomes. The manuscripts collection features works from across the globe, including deluxe Gospel books from Armenia, Ethiopia, Byzantium, and Ottonian Germany, French and Flemish books of hours, as well as masterpieces of Safavid, Mughal and Ottoman manuscript illumination. The printed book collection includes important first printed editions of ancient texts by great thinkers such as Aristotle and Euclid, a diary written by Napoleon, and an intricate binding crafted by Tiffany.
Walters Ex Libris
Explore digitized manuscripts, bindings, and single leaves from the collection of the Walters Art Museum.
The Walters Ex Libris
Album of Persian Miniatures and Calligraphy
Album of Persian and Indian Calligraphy, Miniatures, and Prints
Single Leaf from Akbarnama by Abu'l Fazl
