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
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".
Pseudo-Kufic
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Pseudo-Kufic, or Kufesque, also sometimes pseudo-Arabic, is a style of decoration used during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, consisting of imitations of the Arabic script, especially Kufic, made
Kufic
…knotted Kufic, and others. The artistic styling of Kufic led to its use in a non-Arabic context in Europe, as decoration on architecture, known as pseudo-Kufic. Calligraphers in the early Islamic period used a variety of methods to transcribe Quran manuscripts. Kufic is the oldest calligraphic form of the…
Pseudo-Kufic script in medallion on Byzantine shroud of Saint Potentian, 12th century
French Limoges enamel ciborium with rim engraved with Arabic script and Islamic-inspired diamond-shaped patterns, Limoges, France, 1215–30. British Museum
Pseudo-Kufic inscription meaning "Allah" combined with arabesque elements at the arc of the apse (12th century) in the Chapel of Saint John, Prügg
Pseudo-Kufic band in Limoges enamel ciborium, c. 1200. Louvre Museum