 The collection, which comprises some 1,000 objects, includes several superb examples of Qur'an manuscripts that demonstrate the variety of script, media and decorative styles that evolved in the Muslim world.Among them, an eighth century North African folio demonstrates the earliest style of Kufic script written on parchment.A page from the well known "Blue Qur'an" provides an example of gold kufic script on indigo-dyed parchment.