Qur'an Bookbinding with Floral Arabesques and an Inscription from the Hadith

The manuscript is composed of earlier text pages remounted on larger folios. The original text area is very small and copied in naskh script in black ink, 12 lines to a page. Accor...

The Qur'an manuscript opens with double illuminated text pages of sura 1 and beginning of sura 2. The remaining text is written in black ink in naskh script,15 lines to a page. Sur...

This penbox is very unusual in bearing such lavish and intricate decoration on the lid and the clasps, and being otherwise completely plain. Such an object would normally have dec...

With its pure white slip, precise calligraphy, and perfectly clear glaze, this deep-walled bowl embodies the finest qualities of Samanid epigraphic wares. Most surviving examples o...