Brocade of the pen : the art of Islamic writing

Brocade of the pen : the art of Islamic writing / edited by Carol Garrett Fisher.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Kresge Art Museum
Other Authors: Fisher, Carol Garrett
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: East Lansing, Mich. : Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, c1991.
Subjects:
Islamic calligraphy.
Table of Contents:
  • Islamic calligraphy : a technical overview / Mohamed Zakariya
  • Arabic writing and the occult / Raymond Silverman
  • Tiraz fragments : unanswered questions about medieval Islamic textiles / Nancy Micklewright
  • Mustafa Ali's Menakib-I Hunververan [Exploits of the calligraphers] / Alan Fisher
  • The use of calligraphy on three-dimensional objects : the cae for "magic bowls" / Ülkü Bates
  • Text, context, architext : the Qurʼan as architectural inscription / Holly Edwards.

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