The Splendor of Islamic Calligraphy

By Abdelkebir Khatibi and Mohammed Sijelmassi

Book Overview

Calligraphy, the art that combines images and written words, is perhaps at its most brilliant in the Islamic world. Islamic calligraphy took its inspiration from Muslim belief in the divine origin of Arabic writing, the medium through which the Qu'aranic revelation to the Prophet Muhammad was recorded. In the early years of Islam the sanctity of Arabic writing was accepted among Arabs and non-Arabs alike, and its use in sacred and official texts gave rise to a wonderful profusion of scripts, and a calligraphic tradition that has flourished for over a thousand years - not only in manuscript decoration but in architecture, ceramics and painting.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500016755
• ISBN13: 9780500016756
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.9" x 12.4"