Arabic calligraphy
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Arabic calligraphy is the artistic practice of handwriting and calligraphy based on the Arabic alphabet. It is known in Arabic as khatt, derived from the words 'line', 'design', or 'construction'. Kuf
A copy of the Qur'an by Ibn al-Bawwab in the year 1000/1001 CE, thought to be the earliest existing example of a Qur'an written in a cursive script.
Qur'an folio 11th century kufic
Qur'an folio in black Naskh script with Persian translation in red Nasta‘liq script
Folio of an album in Thuluth script
Kufic
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The Kufic script is a style of Arabic script that gained prominence early on as a preferred script for Quran transcription and architectural decoration, and it has since become a reference and an arch
Arabic calligraphy
…calligraphy based on the Arabic alphabet. It is known in Arabic as khatt (Arabic: خَطّ), derived from the words 'line', 'design', or 'construction'. Kufic is the oldest form of the Arabic script. Arabic calligraphy is known and appreciated for its diversity and potential for development. It is linked in…
The classical Kufic script of the Blue Quran
Kufic script, 8th or 9th century (Surah 48: 27–28), Quran
Hafsids with ornamental Kufic, Bougie, Algeria, 1249–1276
Geometric Kufic from the Bou Inania Madrasa (Meknes); the text reads: بركة محمد or barakat muḥammad, i.e. "Muhammad's blessing".