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August 16, 2005: Safavid era Quran on display in Mashhad
"LONDON - A rare handwritten copy of the Holy Quran transcribed in the Safavid era by female calligrapher Marjan al-Kateb Eslami is currently on display at the Astan-e Qods Razavi Museum in Mashhad.
According to MNA, the deputy curator of the museum said on Monday that the holy verses were transcribed with a unique style of calligraphy and illumination on 20 x 31.5 centimeter sheets of Samarkand paper."
