Kufic Stone Inscription Culture, Script, and Graphics
by S. M. V. Mousavi Jazayeri, S. M. H. Mousavi Jazayeri (As told to), Leonie Christian (As told to)
ISBN-10: 1492336726
ISBN-13: 9781492336723
$74.00
Book Specs
Binding
Trade Paper
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published on
Nov 12, 2013
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
8.00x0.60x10.00 Inches
Weight
1.13 Pounds
About the Book
This reference book studies the script, art, and culture of the early Arabic Kufic calligraphy. It presents around hundred historical stone inscriptions, coins, and manuscripts from early-Islamic Persia. In their book, the primary author and famed Iranian early Kufic expert and calligrapher, S.M.V. Mousavi Jazayeri, and his fellow co-authors read and analyze with meticulous detail the calligraphy, script, and art work of thirty-seven Kufic gravestone inscriptions, mainly from the Yazd providence of Iran. The carefully-selected inscriptional sample in this book illustrates the remarkable power and versatility of this early script, and the extent of the global role played by it in shaping societies and cultures of a vast area extending from China to Spain.