Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur'an - Couverture souple

Roxburgh, David J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0300142005 ISBN 13 : 9780300142006

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2008

Synopsis

The art of Islamic calligraphy developed from the 7th to the 14th century, beginning in western Arabia, spreading south to the Yemen and north to the Near East, and continuing east and west to Iran, Egypt, North Africa, and Spain. This handsome book demonstrates the breadth and beauty of Islamic calligraphy across centuries and continents, as seen in rare early folios of the Qur'an.Noted scholar David J. Roxburgh begins by discussing the Qur'an, which Muslims believe to be the written record of a series of divinely inspired revelations to the Prophet Muhammad. He then analyzes Kufic script, the preeminent vehicle for writing early manuscripts of the Qur'an; reforms of calligraphy in the tenth century; and the great master Islamic calligraphers, in particular Yaqut al-Musta'simi. The beautiful reproductions of folios and bifolios validate Roxburgh's conclusion that 'the miracle of the text of the Qur'an found its equal in the technical mastery of the calligrapher's practice, a miracle in its own right'.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

David J. Roxburgh is the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Professor of Islamic Art History in the Department of Art and Architecture at Harvard University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0300142005
• ISBN 13: 9780300142006
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 64
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