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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Blair, Sheila.
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Qurʾan -- Manuscripts.
Islamic calligraphy.
Calligraphy, Arabic.
Manuscripts, Arabic.
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Islamic calligraphy / Sheila S. Blair.
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Blair, Sheila.
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2006.
Subjects
Qurʾan -- Manuscripts.
Islamic calligraphy.
Calligraphy, Arabic.
Manuscripts, Arabic.
ISBN:
0748612122
9780748612123 (hbk.)
Description:
xxxvii, 681 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents:
Arabic script: its role and principles -- Materials -- II: The development of Arabic script in early Islamic times -- The standardization of Arabic script -- Early manuscripts of the Koran -- III: The pre-eminence of round scripts in the early middle period -- The adoption of round scripts -- the proliferation of round scripts -- IV: The emergence of regional styles in the later middle period -- Calligraphy in Iran and its environs under the Mongols and Turkomans -- Rectilinear and curvilinear scripts in Egypt and Syria under the Mamluks -- Other styles and centers -- V: Dynastic styles in the age of empires -- The Safavids, the Qajars, and their contemporaries in Iran and Central Asia -- The Ottomans in Anatolia, the Balkans, and the Eastern Mediterranean -- Other styles and centers -- VI: The many faces of Islamic calligraphy in modern times -- From traditional styles to graphic design and calligraphic art.
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