Tuesday, May 02, 2006

The Art of the Arabic Book

Orion Constellation in Astronomy treatise
'Abd al-Rahmân al-Sûfî' 13th century

Moroccan Koran 14th cent

Moroccan calligraphy 19th century

Ibn al-Jazarî, 'Uddat al-hisn al-hasîn (not dated)

Hasan Massoudy 1994

14th century Egyptian binding

'Abd Allah Ibn al-Muqaffa' Syria or Egypt mid-14th century

The Art of the Arabic Book at BNF (partly in english).

Previously: Arabic Calligraphy; Persian Splendour.
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4 comments:

  1. Kevin Beck02 May, 2006 09:45

    beautiful.

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  2. Doug02 May, 2006 12:38

    Yeah, I love Islamic calligraphy. It's truly an art form and a credit to the culture. :)

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  3. Max and Cha03 May, 2006 05:27

    nomaly i hate islamic caligraphy.
    But this is beautiful.
    Thats look like asian.

    Sorry for my english

    Maxime and Charlotte
    Paris, France

    http://maxandcha.blogspot.com/

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  4. EXPLORER02 April, 2009 01:17

    Islamic caligraphy contains so aesbthetic forms and has semantics... It cames from an old, rich and unique history. I love it.

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