See Below - Calligraphy and Sacred Relics, see list below - 2004-2016

1°The Art of the Qur’an:Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts,Massumeh Farhad and Simon Rettig, Hardcover, 384 pages, Published by Arthur M Sackler Gallery,2016, ISBN978-1-58834-578-3 Euro 280

2°Splendours of Qur’an Calligraphy & Illumination,Martin Lings, Hardcover,87 pages in English and Illumination of 180 pages,Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation,2005, ISBN978-0-500-97648-7 Euro 1200

3°The Sacred Trusts, Pavilion of the Sacred Relics, Topkapi Palace Museum,Istanbul, Hilmi Aydin, 2004, Hardcover Boxset,350 pages in English, ISBN 1-932099-72-7 Euro 800

1°The Art of the Qur’an:Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts,Massumeh Farhad and Simon Rettig,Hardcover, 384 pages, Published by Arthur M Sackler Gallery,2016, ISBN978-1-58834-578-3

In the early twentieth century, the Ottoman Empire was in political turmoil. Officials moved valuable artworks--including thousands of sumptuous Qur'an (Koran) manuscripts and loose pages dating from the 7th to 17th century--to Istanbul to ensure their safety. Penned by celebrated calligraphers and embellished by skilled illuminators and bookbinders, these manuscripts are now housed in the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts (Türk ve İslam Eserleri Müzesi or TIEM) in Istanbul, established in 1914.
This story unfolds in The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, the companion publication to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery's groundbreaking exhibition, the first major presentation of Qur'ans in the United States. The book's authors describe the formation of this one-of-a-kind collection and the history of TIEM, whose centuries-old records on patrons, calligraphers, illuminators, and provenance allow us to create "biographies" detailing the production of the Qur'ans in the exhibition. Essays address the Qur'an as a written text--from content and organization to the elaborate calligraphy and illuminated designs that transformed the volumes into beautiful artworks. The Art of the Qur'an also includes in-depth descriptions of some seventy works from TIEM and the Smithsonian's Sackler and Freer Galleries. It features full-page, color images of the earliest known Qur'an folios and manuscripts from the Umayyad and Abbasid Near East (7th-10th century), Seljuk Iran and Anatolia (12th century), the Mongol Il-Khanid and Timurid empires and Mamluk Cairo (14th and 15th centuries), Safavid and Ottoman empires (16th and 17th centuries) as well as a number of mosque furnishings, such as Qur'an boxes and stands. Most of these works have rarely, if ever, been published.

Product details
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Smithsonian Books (November 8, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1588345785
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1588345783
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3kg
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 25x 34cm

2°Splendours of Qur’an Calligraphy & Illumination,Martin Lings, Hardcover,87 pages in English and Illumination of 180 pages,Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation,2005, ISBN978-0-500-97648-7

The finest examples of this distinctive Islamic art form ever published. Within three centuries of its advent, Islam had produced an architecture and a calligraphic art, including that of illumination, that have seldom been equaled and never surpassed, the one centered on the Mosque and the other on the Qur'an. But whereas Islamic architecture is world famous, its calligraphic art has remained relatively unknown and inaccessible. Black-and-white photographs of the art of calligraphy are plentiful, but a page of script, impressive though it can be in black and white, loses much without the tints of the paper and the ink. Splendours of Qur'an Calligraphy and Illumination reproduces the formal excellence of colors and texture that distinguish these artistic masterpieces. In all, 180 openings are displayed, carefully chosen from the greatest collections of Qur'an manuscripts in the world. 180 color large illustrations.

About the Author
Martin Lings lectured at Cairo University for twelve years, and served as Keeper of Oriental Manuscripts at the British Museum.

Product details
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation; 1st edition (28 Nov. 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3908153603
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3908153603
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 24 x 3.8 x 33.3 cm

3°The Sacred Trusts, Pavilion of the Sacred Relics, Topkapi Palace Museum,Istanbul, Hilmi Aydin, 2004, Hardcover Boxset,350 pages in English, ISBN 1-932099-72-7

This gorgeous, full-color photographic guide reveals the marvelous collection of the sacred relics at the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, which houses more than 600 invaluable belongings from prophets such as Abraham, Moses, and Muhammad as well as a number of Muslim saints. Excavated from the most restricted rooms of the palace, the entire selection including the pieces that are not on exhibit for daily visits is compiled here for the first time in this fundamental handbook, making it perfect for students interested in Ottoman history, sacred relics of the Ottoman rule, or the broader Islamic heritage.
Product details
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Light Inc
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 350 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1932099727
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1932099720
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3kg
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 28 x 34cm