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  • The elaborate incipit page for the prefatory material of the Lindisfarne Gospels.

    Lindisfarne Gospels

    Manuscript

    The Lindisfarne Gospels has long been acclaimed as the most spectacular manuscript to survive from Anglo-Saxon England....

  • Folio 23v from the Ma’il Qur’an. The text in black is penned on vellum, it is written in an early style of Arabic script called ma’il, meaning ‘sloping’

    The Ma’il Qur’an

    Manuscript

    The Ma’il Qur’an is one of the very earliest Qur’ans in the world. Why is it so important? It dates back to the 8th cen...