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The Cosmic Script

• Thames & Hudson • ISBN 9780500517666

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The Cosmic Script

• Thames & Hudson • ISBN-13 9780500517666

ISBN-10 Not provided • 2014

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ISBN 9780500517666 • Completeness 48

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This is the first comprehensive exploration of the ‘Proportioned Script’, an Arabic writing system attributed to the Abbasid wazir (minister) Ibn Muqla and the master scribe Ibn al-Bawwab that has dominated the art of Arabic and Islamic penmanship from the 10th century to the present day.

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Publisher: Thames & Hudson

2014

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Contributor: construct each of the letter shapes on the grid module and compare their findings to samples traced by two classical mast

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