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Exquisite Tibetan calligraphy: The Perfection of Wisdom in 100,000 Verses, 13th - 15th century. This contains the first 3 sections, around 10,000 lines. Written entirely in gold and silver ink on heavy, multi-layered paper, stained black and then varnished on the writing space. 
The Perfection of Wisdom exists in a range of recensions of which that in 8000 lines is thought to be the source. According to Buddhist belief, its precursor, no longer extant, in Prakrit, the vernacular language actually spoken by the Buddha, transmitted his actual spoken words.
To show the decline in Tibetan calligraphy from its 13th-15th century heyday, here is the title script in an 18th century Mahayana sutra. The script, also in gold ink, is in the same style and still beautiful, but lacks the confidence and power of the 13th-15th century version.
