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Each of the 388 leaves feature Arabic calligraphy and unique decorative patters made with lapis lazuli, burnished gold leaf, and other bright pigments. Similarly, each of the 114 surahs (chapters) of the Quran is separated by a gilded decorative…

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Richly illuminated with gold, lapis lazuli, arsenic orange, and verdigris green on highly polished paper, this Quran was produced during Persia's Safavid Dynasty. Bound in brown goat with embossed flap, covers with central panel with gilt medallions…

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This small-format Quran, decorated with an extremely colorful floral border, features cloud-shaped areas of interlinear gilding. The effect seems to present the sacred text as if it were floating among clouds in the sky.

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One of the most popular of all Muslim prayer books. Compiled in Morocco during the fifteenth century, this daily devotional text is still used both for private prayer and for recitation at public ceremonies. The text includes the ninety-nine…

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Later manuscripts of the Dala'il al-Khayrat traditionally included illustrations of Mecca and Medina. This copy also has a painted view of a mosque and Sword of Muhammed. Hand of Fatimah is on the fly leaf.

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Later manuscripts of the Dala'il al-Khayrat traditionally included illustrations of Mecca and Medina. This copy also has a painted view of a mosque and Sword of Muhammed. Hand of Fatimah is on the fly leaf.

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Each of the 388 leaves feature Arabic calligraphy and unique decorative patters made with lapis lazuli, burnished gold leaf, and other bright pigments.

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Richly illuminated with gold, lapis lazuli, arsenic orange, and verdigris green on highly polished paper, this Quran was produced during Persia's Safavid Dynasty

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This small-format Quran is written in fine Arabic script with an interlinear Farsi commentary in red ink.

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This small-format Quran, decorated with an extremely colorful floral border, features cloud-shaped areas of interlinear gilding. The effect seems to present the sacred text as if it were floating among clouds in the sky.

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The decoration in this Quran is from the late Ottoman period, featuring bright colors and calligraphy in opaque white ink on gold grounds.

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One of the most popular of all Muslim prayer books. Compiled in Morocco during the fifteenth century, this daily devotional text is still used both for private prayer and for recitation at public ceremonies.

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The devotional text is introduced by a gilded decorative panel with an arch-shaped ornament above. Patined views of Mecca and Medina.

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Later manuscripts of the Dala'il al-Khayrat traditionally included illustrations of Mecca and Medina.

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Containing selected surahs of the Quran in Arabic along with commentaries written in Turkish, this manuscript features two highly abstract illustrations depicting the minbar (pulpit) in the mosque at Medina and the Kaba at Mecca.

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First published in 1663, this Arabic translation is attributed to the Dutch Carmelite monk Petrus Golius (1597-1672) of Scheidam, also known as Brother Coelestinus of St. Lidwina, who borrowed heavily from a translation attributed to Ignatius of…

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The Qur’an, the sacred book of Islam, presents the text of God’s revelation that the prophet Muhammad (ca. 570–632) received through the angel Gabriel. This Qur’an is Bridwell Library’s most important example of the rich tradition of manuscript…
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