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

    14th-century Mamluk Qur’an

    Manuscript

    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

    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

    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

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