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Brocade of the pen: the art of Islamic writing

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Field name	Details
ISBN	1879147106
Title	Brocade of the pen : the art of Islamic writing / edited by Carol Garrett Fisher
Publisher	East Lansing, MI : Kresge Art Museum, 1991
Physical desc.	xii, 100 p. ; ill. ; 19 cm.
Note	Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, February-April 1991.
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references and glossary
Contents	Introduction -- Islamic calligraphy: a technical overview / Mohamed Zakariya -- Arabic writing and the occult / Raymond Silverman -- Tiraz fragments: unanswered questions about medieval Islamic textiles / Nancy Micklewright -- Mustafa Ali's Menakib-i hunerveran [Exploits of the calligraphers] / Alan Fisher -- The use of calligraphy on three-dimensional objects: the case for 'magic' bowls / Ulku Bates -- Text, context, architext: the Qur'an as architectural inscription / Holly Edwards.
Corporate name	Kresge Art Museum -- Exhibitions
Subject	Islamic calligraphy
Added name(s)	Fisher, Carol Garrett ed.
Added name(s) - Corporate	Kresge Art Museum

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Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
10010956	745.6196 FIS	RL		. Available .