Arabic manuscript in the collection of Brigham Young UniversityThe Islamic prohibition against graven images precluded the use of illustration in many books. Sumptuous manuscripts were decorated with intricate patterns of interlaced lines filled with geometric or floral patterns.
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Look at Twentieth Century examples of text as image
Visit the Brigham Young University collection of Arabic Illuminated Manuscripts
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