Calligram

Calligram of black and blue ink on buff parchment paper, original work, with design showing a bold interpretation of various Arabic calligraphic scripts treated as abstract motifs rather than as inscriptions: Tunisian, Tunis City, by Nja Mahdaoui, 1991

Manuscript

Hebrew manuscript in the form of a parchment roll containing the Book of Esther, with ornamental borders containing inscriptions in large characters: Palestine, obtained at Hamadan, Ancient Ecbatana

Manual, prayer

Prayer manual written in Ethiopic on parchment leaves and bound between hide covers: Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, probably 16th century

Message

One of a printed message in original envelope from King George V to all ranks, commending their service in war, dated 11 November 1918