Islamic Calligraphy
KeskusteluAncient and Medieval Manuscripts
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Traces of the Calligrapher: Islamic Calligraphy in Practice, c. 1600-1900 and Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur´an
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH)
Houston, Texas
The exhibit runs through Feb. 3, 2008
http://www.mfah.org/exhibition.asp?par1=1&par2=1&par3=501&par4=1¤tP...
Two complemetary exhibits present the elegant and masterful works of Islamic calligraphy alongside the tools used to create them. Writing the Word of God is devoted to a selection of folios from copies of the Qur´an, the preeminent context for the practice of calligraphy in the historical Islamic lands.
Exhibition Catalogs
Traces of the Calligrapher: Islamic Calligraphy in Practice, c. 1600-1900 By Mary McWilliams and David J. Roxburgh
Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur´an by David J. Roxburgh
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH)
Houston, Texas
The exhibit runs through Feb. 3, 2008
http://www.mfah.org/exhibition.asp?par1=1&par2=1&par3=501&par4=1¤tP...
Two complemetary exhibits present the elegant and masterful works of Islamic calligraphy alongside the tools used to create them. Writing the Word of God is devoted to a selection of folios from copies of the Qur´an, the preeminent context for the practice of calligraphy in the historical Islamic lands.
Exhibition Catalogs
Traces of the Calligrapher: Islamic Calligraphy in Practice, c. 1600-1900 By Mary McWilliams and David J. Roxburgh
Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur´an by David J. Roxburgh
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Poetry and Prayer: Islamic Manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum
Exhibit at
The Walters Art Museum
600 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201 (U.S.A.)
March 20, 2010 - June 13, 2010
This exhibition features a number of masterpieces of illuminated and illustrated manuscripts produced in Islamic lands from the ninth to the nineteenth century. The exhibit includes various devotional, scientific, historical, epic and poetic texts.
______________
Items in the exhibit are part of a project to digitize all of the Islamic manuscripts in the collections of the Walters Art Museum. They can be viewed at the Islamic Manuscripts
Gallery
- Information from the Walters Art Museum Web Site
Exhibit at
The Walters Art Museum
600 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201 (U.S.A.)
March 20, 2010 - June 13, 2010
This exhibition features a number of masterpieces of illuminated and illustrated manuscripts produced in Islamic lands from the ninth to the nineteenth century. The exhibit includes various devotional, scientific, historical, epic and poetic texts.
______________
Items in the exhibit are part of a project to digitize all of the Islamic manuscripts in the collections of the Walters Art Museum. They can be viewed at the Islamic Manuscripts
Gallery
- Information from the Walters Art Museum Web Site
