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Qur’an Folio (Aga Khan Museum, AKM248)

"The dispersed “Blue Qur’an” to which this folio belongs is one of the most famous surviving Qur’an manuscripts. The text of this outstanding…

BSR - Scribal Implements

“The pen is a key that opens the door to the necessities of life.” This group of Ottoman scribal implements consists of three pairs of steel…

BSR - Moveable Type

"Moveable type printing was invented in China around 1045, but was never practiced on a large scale as the number of Chinese script characters (about…

BSR - Binding, outer covers and doublures: upper, lower, and flap

"Durable yet easily decorated, leather presented an ideal material for protecting Islamic manuscripts. Some particularly fine bindings executed in the…