PAGES OF THE QUR'AN: The Lygo Collection

The Lygo Collection of Qur'an manuscripts, which date from around a century after the Prophet Muhammad's death in 632 CE to the middle of the 16th-century, includes pages from some of the most celebrated manuscripts of the period as well as lesser-known ones, and provide a comprehensive overview of stylistic developments in Qur'anic calligraphy and illumination. Well illus.