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Islamic Calligraphy

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1papyri
Editado: Ene 16, 2010, 12:05 pm

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





2papyri
Ene 16, 2010, 12:03 pm

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.

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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

3Essa
Ene 16, 2010, 2:34 pm

Oo! Ah! Both of these look wonderful. Alas, I can't travel to see the exhibits, but at least the digital and book versions are possible. Thanks, papyri. :)