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Spain: A leaf from a Qur'an written in Maghribi Kufi script, 13th century.

Maghribi is a decorative variant of Kufic script that was developed and mainly used in North Africa (the Maghrib) and Muslim Spain. It is often ornamented with diacritical marks in red, green, blue, or yellow, and with gold, as here. The Koran from which this leaf was taken is further distinguished by its high-quality, pink-tinted paper.