User:Immenseseagull/Abbasid Caliphate/Snazzyricotta Peer Review

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Evaluate the drafted changes
The organization of the new section about manuscripts within the existing section on culture, science, and technology complements the other existing sections on pottery, painting, and other forms of art well. Your information is all very well researched and organized in a way that is easy to follow. My only suggestions would be to maybe add a few images if possible to further illustrate some of the techniques you discuss and update your bibliography a bit with a few more current sources. Overall your edits are very strong and well done! :)

Section: Manuscripts
This section provides a concise and informative introduction to the production of manuscripts during the Abbasid Caliphate. If the formative period of manuscript production mentioned in the last sentence has a particular name it could be helpful to add that for clarity, or to maybe specify why this period of book arts was so formative (whether there were certain styles/techniques/artists associated with it). If there are also more current sources discussing manuscripts produced under the Abbasid Caliphate it could be helpful to expand your bibliography a bit since the excerpts from the Comité Bulletins is a bit old. However, the section provides a clear introduction to manuscript production and important historical context.

Subsection: Calligraphy
The comparison between Kufic script and the New Abbasid style is very strong, and you have a lot of specific information about the characteristics of each script, tools used to create them, and their differing orientations. It could be helpful to include images of each script or of the circle the size of an alif and rhomboid dots that are mentioned, since this would further illustrate your points about the differences between the two scripts. You could also include citations from some other sources as well so the section is not dominated by the How to Read Islamic Calligraphy article.

Subsection: Illumination
The comparison of different illumination styles and techniques that changed alongside shifts from Kufic to New Style script is very strong and makes sense organization-wise following and building upon information from the calligraphy section. It might also be useful to include images to illustrate these changes or to provide examples of some of the motifs you discussed (geometric, vegetal, etc.) You could also expand your bibliography a bit to include citations from other sources in this section.

Subsection: Bookbinding
You provide detailed information about a specific bookbinding technique that pairs well with other information previously discussed about other elements of manuscript production. The section might be a bit stronger with an image to illustrate the particular technique you are talking about, and maybe another source or citation to make the content more robust.

Subsection: The Amajur Qur'an
This example of a manuscript produced under the Abbasid Caliphate ties together the individual sections on elements of manuscript production, providing an example of all of these processes working together to produce a singular manuscript. You could possibly add an image of the Amajur Qur'an to illustrate some of the details discussed such as calligraphy or bookbinding technique. You could also add citations from some of the sources used in other sections of the article, such as The art of the Qur'an or How to read Islamic Calligraphy if any of the information used in those for earlier sections applies to this section as well, or another source to further expand your bibliography and include other viewpoints.