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Kufic Stone Inscription Culture, Script, and Graphics The Aesthetic Art and Global Heritage of Early Kufic Calligraphy

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ISBN-10: 1492336726

ISBN-13: 9781492336723

Edition: 2013

Authors: S. M. V. Mousavi Jazayeri, S. M. H. Mousavi Jazayeri, Leonie Christian

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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…    
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Book details

List price: $74.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date: 11/12/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 254
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

S.M.V. Mousavi Jazayeri, a known Iranian calligrapher, researcher, graphic designer, and expert of early Arabic Kufic script, was born in 1969 and holds a Bachelor of Art in Graphics. He has published extensively, including several known books, and held numerous workshops on reviving the early Kufic calligraphy style. For his accomplishments over the past two decades, he was awarded the ?Excellence in Art Certificate? by the ministry of culture of Iran, an equivalent of an honorary PhD degree. His experience includes writing and interpreting calligraphic works, particularly of the ancient and traditional styles of calligraphy, as well as modern Typography. Throughout his career, his…