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Writing the Word of God Calligraphy and the Quran ~ Writing the Word of God Calligraphy and the Quran is one of two museum catalogues published in 2007 to accompany the exhibition of Islamic calligraphy and the tools used by Islamic calligraphers These exhibitions were first shown at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston were then at the Asia Society in New York and can currently be seen through early December 2010 at Emory Universitys Carlos Museum in Atlanta

Writing the Word of God Calligraphy and the Qur’an The ~ Writing the Word of God Calligraphy and the Qur’an a companion exhibition to Traces of the Calligrapher Islamic Calligraphy in Practice showcases a superb selection of folios from copies of the Qur’an the preeminent context for the practice of calligraphy in the Islamic world These folios present calligraphy produced in the region between North Africa and Iran from the 9th to 16th centuries

Early Qur’ans 8th–Early 13th Century Essay Heilbrunn ~ Writing the Word of God Calligraphy and the Quran Houston Museum of Fine Arts 2007 Safadi Yasin The Quran Catalogue of an Exhibition of Quran Manuscripts at the British Library London World of Islam Publishing Co Ltd for the British Library 1976 Schimmel Annemarie Calligraphy and Islamic Culture New York New York University Press 1984

Writing the word of God calligraphy and the Quran ~ This booklet was published to coincide with the exhibitions Traces of the calligrapher Islamic calligraphy in practice c 16001900 and Writing the word of God calligraphy and the Quran organized by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and Harvard University Arts Museums and presented at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston October 27 2007February 2 2008 and at the Asia Society October 6 2008February 1 2009 verso

Writing the word of God calligraphy and the Quran Book ~ Writing the word of God calligraphy and the Quran David J Roxburgh Museum of Fine Arts Houston Asia Society The art of Islamic calligraphy developed from the 7th to the 14th century beginning in western Arabia and continuing east and west to Iran Egypt North Africa and Spain

AAePortal Writing the Word of God Calligraphy and the ~ The exhibition and publication Writing the Word of God Calligraphy and the Qurʾan would not have been possible without the commitment and support of Vahid Kooros His dedication to expanding awareness of Islamic art provided the main impetus for these efforts The Museum of Fine Arts Houston is also grateful to him for soliciting

Writing the word of God calligraphy and the Quran in ~ This booklet was published to coincide with the exhibitions Traces of the calligrapher Islamic calligraphy in practice c 16001900 and Writing the word of God calligraphy and the Quran organized by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and Harvard University Art Museums and presented at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston October 27 2007February 2 2008 and at the Asia Society October 6 2008February 1 2009 verso

Suggested Readings and Resources The Metropolitan Museum ~ Roxburgh David J Writing the Word of God Calligraphy and the Quran Houston Museum of Fine Arts 2007 High school Department of Islamic Art Calligraphy in Islamic Art In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2000– High school Jafar Mustafa Arabic Calligraphy Naskh Script for Beginners London McGrawHill 2002

Quran Manuscript in Maghribi script The Museum of Fine ~ Quran Manuscript in Maghribi script Public Domain This superb Quran—the holy book of Islam—displays an elaborate program of illumination a technique that employs gold and silver to decorate the opening and closing pages of the book and to highlight the internal divisions of the text

Naskh script Wikipedia ~ Naskh Arabic قلم النسخ ‎ romanized qalam annaskh from نسخ nasakha to copy is a smaller round script of Islamic calligraphy Naskh is one of the first scripts of Islamic calligraphy to develop commonly used in writing administrative documents and for transcribing books including the Qur’an because of its easy legibility