Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

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Written in Eastern or new style kufic script , line two of this folio includes two long, vertical letters (alif and lam), forming a distinctive pointed oval-shaped pattern.The elaborate treatment of the background, entirely filled with arabesques, allows the script to stand out. The script and illumination are related to a Qur'an in the Topkapı Saray Museum, dated 573/1177–78, and to contemporaneous architectural inscriptions and luster ceramics, suggesting a unity of style in Seljuq art of this period.