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This rare example of a complete and finely illuminated Qur’an from Sulawesi Island in Indonesia is a magnificent example of the localized artistic traditions in which Muslims chose to copy and decorate their sacred text. The Qur’an has three fully illuminated spreads with complex geometric illuminations in red, black, brown, ochre, and reserved white. What is most interesting here, though, is that in addition to the usual markers at the end of each verse, and the distinctive marker on every fifth verse, this Qur’an has marginal markers in a variety of circle and rosette forms to indicate other points of interest, including the middle of the Qur’an and the beginning of each juz’. It also includes an extensive amount of marginalia on recitation variances, grammar, and interpretation.
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