Page from the Qur’an, 993, Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yasin, 13 x 8 1/8 in. ( x cm) (sheet), Ink, colors, and gold on paper, Iran, late Abbasid period (936-1258), This double-sided page was once part of a monumental Qur’an consisting of over 1,300 pages in four volumes. The calligrapher Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yasin, whose signature appears on the Qur’an, demonstrates how copying and adorning the word of God would have been a form of both religious and artistic expression. He was especially skilled in exploiting the qualities of the qalam, a reed pen that was cut at an angle

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