The most monumental, magnificent, and resplendent …
The Qur’an of Sultan al-Ghuri. — Dr. Mohamed Hassan.
The collection of Mamluk Qur’ans was, and still is, the most splendid and resplendent. Despite the regrettable state of dispersal to which it is subjected, it will without doubt remain a living “model” (mashq) and a proof of the brilliance of the Mamluk school in Egypt and the distinctiveness of its Arabic calligraphy — beginning with the Muhaqqaq script and the Naskh script, on which I am currently conducting a series of studies to establish a more effective term: (Mamluk Naskh).
