Arabic Calligraphy: Naskh Script for Beginners

Authors: Ja'far, Mustafa

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Brand: Roli Books

ASIN: 0714114995 (DE)

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  • Every purchase supports the British Museum
  • Naskh is one of the six major cursive Arabic scripts
  • Its origins can be traced back to the late 8th century AD and it is still in use today, over 1300 years later
  • In its earliest form Naskh was a utilitarian script, mainly used for ordinary correspondence on papyrus, but during the 10th and 11th centuries it was completely transformed by the elegant refinements of the great Abbasid calligraphers
  • The Ottoman Turks also considered Naskh the script most suited for copying the Quran

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