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This folio shows what came after the Kufic style. Note that the letters are more curved and crammed.

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A page from one of the oldest Qurans on record. The left side of the picture depicts the older, "covered" text, with the right side shows the newer, "covering" text.

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Two folios from one of the oldest Qurans on record.

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Coin of a A Byzantine Ruler

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It seems that different dies were mixed to create this bronze Byzantine tetarteron. The obverse, which depicts the Virgin, seems to use the same die as a coin from a coin of Constantine X. The image of Christ on the reverse appears to have been…
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