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This folio comes from another Kufic Quran. Notice the abundant red dots and black tick marks indicating vowels, and the odd diagonal slant of the text as a whole.

This folio comes from a Quran in the Eastern Kufic style. Notice the emphasis on vertical rather than horizontal elongation.

This folio contains part of Chapter 49, Verse 15, and the entirety of Verse 16. In the descriptions below we simply refer to it as "the 49:16 folio."

This is a miniature from a Flemish Book of Hours produced around the year 1390. It depicts Christ as the Man of Sorrows.

This silver half groat (Medieval English coin) was issued under Henry VI. On the obverse is a crowned bust (probably Henry VI himself) and on the reverse is a cross. The coin was not only clipped but at some point folded, breaking upon unfolding.

This coin circulated under the Fatimid reign and features a non-Kufic inscription.

This ewer features Kufic text, and the owner was meant to drink from it directly.

This is a twelfth-century Byzantine panel painting depicting the Virgin Hodegetria on one side and the Man of Sorrows on the other.

This is an Italian plaque from the late fourteenth century depicting the Man of Sorrows.

This image is taken from within the Dome of the Rock. Most of the image centers on a complex mosaic. On top, however, we can see a Kufic inscription.