Keith E. Small is Qur'nic Manuscript Consultant to the Bodleian Library and Associate Research Fellow at the London School of Theology.
Truly a feast for the eyes, with many beautiful illustrations that one lingers over with pleasure. But it is also a joy to read Small's fascinating text, which introduces the astonishing diversity of ways the Qur'an has been rendered for nearly a millennium and a half--from sumptuous luxury editions for kings, to workaday and quirky regional editions for personal use, to tiny miniature editions and even talismanic shirts. --Fred M. Donner, University of Chicago