Azerbaijani artist hand-paints Quran on silk cloth-pages 
Azerbaijani artist Tunzale Memmedzade has transcribed the text of the Quran on translucent fine silk cloth-pages in gold and silver paints. It reportedly took her 3 years to complete the work, which involved 50 metres of black silk and 1,500 millilitres of gold and silver inks. The book is displayed at the Smithsonian Museum's Sackler Gallery in the US.