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The Splendor of Islamic Calligraphy
The Splendor of Islamic Calligraphy
Author: Abdelkebir Khatibi, Mohammed Sijelmassi
Calligraphy, the art that combines visual image and written word, is perhaps at its most brilliant in the arts of Islam. Islamic calligraphy traditionally took its inspiration from the Muslim belief in the divine origin of Arabic writing, the medium through which the Qur'anic revelation to the Prophet Muhammad was recorded. In early Islam the us...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780500016756
ISBN-10: 0500016755
Publication Date: 4/1996
Pages: 239
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Publisher: Thames Hudson
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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