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The Quran as Art. Quran as Decorative Art Qasba Mosque in MarrakechQasba Rabat Challeh edificeRabat Sultan Hasan Mosque in CairoSultan Wall art in TehranTehran.

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1 The Quran as Art

2 Quran as Decorative Art Qasba Mosque in MarrakechQasba Rabat Challeh edificeRabat Sultan Hasan Mosque in CairoSultan Wall art in TehranTehran Selimiye Mosque in Edirne Suleyman’s Mausoleum

3 Word as Art In MarrakeshMarrakesh Building in Sanaa, Yemen, and the Chahar Bagh (Four Gardens) Madrasa in IsfahanChahar Bagh Bibi Khatun house in CairoBibi Topkapi Palace in IstanbulTopkapi

4 Quranic Manuscripts Kufic mushaf attributed to al-Hasan al- Basri (d. 728)Kufic 8th century Hijazi script and later Kufic mushaf with Persian translation (11 th cent.)8th Mamluk era mushaf with illuminationMamluk Modern Turkish mushafModern

5 Your Suggestions? Quran manuscripts online….

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