Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Illuminated Manuscript Koran, The right side of a double-page excipit, Walters Art Museum MS. W.557, fol.284b

This is the right side of an illuminated double-page excipit. The text is chapter 114 (Sūrat al-nās), which is written in a decorative New Abbasid (broken cursive) style.

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  1. I was thinking to add this inside my house as picture hangers along with other religious symbols.

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