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  • A 14th century Mamluk Qur'an, f. 303v

    14th-century Mamluk Qur’an

    Manuscript Created date: 1300–1399

    This 14th-century Qur’an from Egypt. The manuscript This Qur’an is written in muhaqqaq script, with ornamental chapter ...

  • carpet page and first page of text from a Qur'an. The general effect of the carpet page design is that of a rich tapestry, based on a 10-angled, star-shaped medallion with gold and white outlines extending to form a trellis of overlapping polygons, which alternate in gold and blue.

    Sultan Barquq’s Qur’an

    Manuscript Created date: 14th century CE

    This is part nine of an Egyptian Qur’an in thirty volumes, written in rayhani script. It was copied in the 14th century ...

  • Flower Garland Sutra, Or 7377

    The Garland Sutra

    Manuscript Created date: 1375–1392

    This finely decorated Korean manuscript contains Volume 32 of the Buddhist scripture called the Avataṃsaka-sūtra, in San...

  • The King's Bible

    The King's Bible

    Manuscript Created date: 1384–1385

    A 14th-century Hebrew Bible. The manuscript Known as Mikdashyah (Lord’s Sanctuary), the Hebrew Bible was regarded by S...