-The title of each chapter is scripted in gold. -the script is rigidly aligned in strong horizontal letters well-spaced apart in brown ink -Kufic script: strong uprights and long horizontals/ -Great clarity of text is important because several readers read a book at once, some at a distance -Arab: read from right to left -The diacritical markings of short diagonal lines and red dots indicate vocalizations -Consonants are scripted, and vowels are indicated by dots or markings around the other letters.
--Qur’ans were compiled and codified in the mid-seventh century; however, the earliest surviving Qur’an is from the ninth century -Calligraphy is greatly prized in Gur’anic texts; elaborate divine words are needed by the best artists. -Illustrated is the heading of sura 29(“The spider”) in gold. -The text indicates that those who believe in protectors other than Allah are like spiders who build flimsy homes.
-The Qur’an is the Muslim holy book
Context
--Cross Cultural Comparisons: Calligraphy –Book of Lindisfarne –Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace –Vienna Genesis