Images (left to right):

From Priest Puncho Miscellany, 1796. National Library of Bulgaria.

The poet Sa'di converses by night with a young friend in a garden. Miniature from Gulistan Sa'di. Herat, 1427. Chester Beatty Library, Dublin.

Miniature from Kalila wa-Dimna. Egypt ca. 1310. Bavarian State Library.