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The Manuscript Codex * Textual Indicators, Decorative Forms and Decorative Techniques

VERSE MARKER
A small illuminated design, usually a rosette form, used to designate the end of each verse in the Qur’an or in poetical works or in texts of rhymed prose.
UBL Or. 14.603

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