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The aura of alif: the art of writing in Islam
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379135065X (hbk.)
9783791350653 (hbk.)
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The aura of alif : the art of writing in Islam / edited by Jürgen Wasim Frembgen
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Munich ; London : Prestel, 2010
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255 p. ; col. ill. ; 30 cm.
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Published in conjunction with the exhibition The aura of alif: the art of writing in Islam, held at the Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde München, 22 October 2010-20 February 2011.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-245) and index
Contents
Foreword / Claudius Müller -- Introduction / Jürgen Wasim Frembgen -- Arabic calligraphy / Claus-Peter Haase -- Harmony of lines: Islamic calligraphy from Ottoman dervish lodges / Jürgen Wasim Frembgen -- The fine scratching of the reed pen and the mason's script: on calligraphy and Islamic architecture / Karl Schlamminger -- Religious inscriptions in Islamic architecture / Lorenz Korn -- If objects could speak / Avinoam Shalem -- Arabic epitaphs from the Near East / Mohamed Rahim -- Calligraphy on Islamic coins / Stefan Heidemann -- A late Mamluk lidded tray with poetic inscriptions / Doris Behrens-Abouseif -- An inscriptional carpet from Anatolia / Maryam Ekhtiar -- Silver amulets with inscriptions from Iran and Afghanistan / Venetia Porter & Jürgen Wasim Frembgen -- Truck calligraphy in Pakistan / Jamal J. Elias -- Calligraphy in the world of Sufi shrines in Pakistan / Jürgen Wasim Frembgen.
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Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde München -- Exhibitions
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Islamic calligraphy
Calligraphy, Arabic
Islamic art
Writing in art
Arabic alphabet
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