Indigo-died parchment page from a Holy Qur’an manuscript
Hegira 4th century / AD 10th century
Abbasid / Fatimid?
Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (Sharjah)
Arabian qānūn
Hegira 13th century / AD 19th century
Ottoman period
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vienna, Austria
Inscription in four languages
AD 1149
Norman
Zisa Museum
Palermo, Italy
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