Calligraphy and epigraphy in Iran and Afghanistan / by Bruce Wannell.
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TextLanguage: Publication details: Kabul : Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), 2009.Description: 111 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cmSubject(s): - Calligraphy, Persian – Iran – History
- Calligraphy, Persian – Afghanistan – History
- Persian language – Writing – History
- Persian language – Alphabet – History
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Islamic
- Calligraphy, Arabic – Afghanistan
- Islamic calligraphy – Afghanistan
- Islamic calligraphy – Iran
- Writing, Arabic – History
- NK 3639 .P4 .W36 2009
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Cover title.
October 2009.
Aga Khan Trust for Culture—at head of title.
Some texts are in Arabic.
This booklet aims to develop an understanding of calligraphy on paper or epigraphy in architectural form, by exploring their nature and meaning and placing them in a wider historical context. It is intended as a source of information and reference for Afghan students of calligraphy and others. One of a series of publications that aims to develop an understanding of issues of cultural heritage in Afghanistan—cover page.
Text in the illustrations is also re-printed alongside the images.
Summary: This book is prepared to develop an understanding of these and other examples of calligraphy on paper or epigraphy in architectural form, by exploring their nature and meaning and placing them in an wider historical context—(p. 1).
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