Page from the Koran, 13th century, 13 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (34.29 x 21.59 cm) (image, sheet), Ink, colors and gold on paper, Iran, 13th century, This page, from chapter 7 of the Koran, is executed in elegant gold cursive script with thin black outlines. The vowels and diacritical marks are in red; the reading marks are in blue and black. The gold rosettes indicate the end of a verse.