Omar Khayyam. Illustrations ...
William H. Martin and Sandra Mason, "Khayyam, Omar XI. Illustrations of English translations of Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat", Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition, July 15 2009, available at www.iranica.com/articles/khayyam-omar-ix-illustrations-of-english-translations
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam contain some of the best-known verses in the world. The book is also one of the most frequently and widely illustrated of all literary works. The stimulus to illustrate Khayyam’s Rubaiyat came initially from outside Persia, in response to translations in the West.