Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript, ca. 1180, Attributed to Eastern Iran or present-day Afghanistan, Ink, opaque watercolor

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Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript, ca. 1180, Attributed to Eastern Iran or present-day Afghanistan, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 11 3/4 in. ( cm), Codices, This folio from a dispersed Qur'an exemplifies the transition during the Seljuq period from Qur'ans written in kufic script on parchment to those copied in the more rounded new-style writing on paper. By the late twelfth century, the practitioners of the new style had perfected its mannered, slightly eccentric forms

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