ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION DRIVEN TOWARDS CULTURAL EXPRESSION POSSIBLY EARLIEST ILLUMINATED QURAN IN EXISTENCE 680-720 AD Aesthetics came into Islam very early and research continues on same. Discovery of host of earliest Islamic manuscripts in the Great Mosque of Sanaa in 1972 and restoration project started by the Germans. One such discovery of fragments of a Quran … Continue reading ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION DRIVEN TOWARDS CULTURAL EXPRESSION – POSSIBLY EARLIEST ILLUMINATED QURAN IN EXISTENCE 680-720 AD