the Quran: Treasures From the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts This first major United States display of handwritten copies of Islams holy text includes more than 60 burnished and gilded books, some as compact as smartphones, others the size of carpets. Flying carpets, I should say: This is art of a beauty that takes us straight to heaven. And it reminds us how much we dont know but, given a chance like this, would love to learn about a religion and culture lived and treasured by a quarter of the population of the globe. Holland Cotter