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Arabic Script: Styles, Variants, and Calligraphic Adaptations
Arabic Script Styles Variants and Calligraphic Adaptations
Author: Gabriel Mandel Khan, Gabriel Mandel Khan
One of the world's major forms of writing, Arabic script became widespread as a result of Islamic conquests of much of the world. The Koran places great importance on writing, and in the first verse of the holy book, reading and writing with the calamus, or reed pen, are praised as the source of all knowledge and all spiritual or scientific path...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780789207104
ISBN-10: 0789207109
Publication Date: 3/2001
Pages: 180
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Publisher: Abbeville Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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