Nisa' was obscured by intricate gold leaf patterns added to the manuscript, likely intended to hide a calligrapher's mistake.
The Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation is offering a rare and fascinating journey through 1,300 years of Islamic history with its new exhibition, Eternal Letters: Qur’an Manuscripts from the ...
On the blessed occasion of Ramadan-ul-Mubarik, the exhibition of the rare and ancient manuscripts of the Holy Quran was inaugurated in Islamabad on Monday. The exhibition was organized by Iranian ...
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This is understood as a prohibition of using animal and human forms in texts, textiles and architecture. Islamic calligraphy and illustrated manuscripts have been highly prized for millennia. The ...
A Quran manuscript has been carbon dated to close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), making it one of the oldest in the world, a British university said on Wednesday. The two leaves of ...
A Quran manuscript has been carbon dated to close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), making it one of the oldest in the world, a British university said on Wednesday. The two leaves of ...