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TheQuran as
Art
Quran as Decorative Art
• Qasba Mosque in Marrakech• Rabat Challeh edifice• Sultan Hasan Mosque in Cairo• Wall art in Tehran • Selimiye Mosque in Edirne• Suleyman’s Mausoleum
Word as Art
• In Marrakesh • Building in Sanaa, Yemen, and the
Chahar Bagh (Four Gardens) Madrasa in Isfahan
• Bibi Khatun house in Cairo• Topkapi Palace in Istanbul
Quranic Manuscripts
• Kufic mushaf attributed to al-Hasan al-Basri (d. 728)
• 8th century Hijazi script and later Kufic mushaf with Persian translation (11th cent.)
• Mamluk era mushaf with illumination
• Modern Turkish mushaf
Your Suggestions?
Quran manuscripts online….