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Overview

An inlaid Mamluk writing box; 1280s, Egypt, tools of the royal scribe. In the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. ¹

People and things also explored

Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

Sources

Victoria and Albert Museum Collection API

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islam.museum contributors. “Mamluk Writing Box”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/sunduq-kitaba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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