Folio from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta", late 14th–early 15th century (before 1405

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Folio from the 'Qur'an of `Umar Aqta', late 14th–early 15th century (before 1405), Attributed to present-day Uzbekistan, Samarqand, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 9 1/2 in. ( cm), Codices, This fragment of a page comes from one of the largest copies of the Qur'an ever produced. Each line of script, written in the muhaqqaq style, is over three feet long, and each page was originally over seven feet tall

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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