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Maybe the paper (or substrate) shrunk (or deformed) over time because of unusual storage conditions?! I think it's lying flat because the focus or sharpness is uniform. Maybe it wasn't photographed, but scanned (in multiple sections) using a flatbed scanner (it's 12 inches wide).
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Extremely high-resolution scan of a five-meter long scroll with Arabic and Chinese text, showing the routes used by pilgrims from China. Already an FP on Commons. Multiple sections of the scroll have educational value in their own
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I don't think Sca's point is completely valid - perhaps it might take more explanation than some, but there's plenty of imagery, but I'm confused about the curved lines. Was this photographed not lying flat?
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Promoted File:Khalili Collection Hajj and Arts of Pilgrimage MSS 1288.jpg
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Khalili Collections/ Google Art Project, uploaded by
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Knowledge (XXG):Featured picture candidates
Chinese hajj scroll
Chinese scroll with the text of surat al-Hajj

al-Hajj
Al-Hajj
Knowledge (XXG):Featured pictures/Artwork/East Asian art
MartinPoulter (KC WIR)
MartinPoulter
talk
10:08, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
Sca
talk
12:22, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
Adam Cuerden
FPs
16:04, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
Bammesk
talk
02:49, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
Islam in China
Chris Woodrich
talk
22:55, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
Adam Cuerden
FPs
18:23, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
Bammesk
talk
01:07, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

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