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The cosmic script: sacred geometry and the science of Arabic penmanship

The cosmic script: sacred geometry and the science of Arabic penmanship
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ISBN 0500517665 (hbk.)
978050051766 (hbk.)
Author Moustafa, Ahmed
Title The cosmic script : sacred geometry and the science of Arabic penmanship / Ahmed Moustafa, Stefan Sperl
Publisher London : Thames & Hudson, 2014
Physical desc. 2 v. ; ill. (some col.) ; 31 x 36 cm.
Note In slip case.
CBL illustrations: p. 41, fig. 1.1 (Is 1431, f. 9b-10a); p. 50, fig. 1.4 (Is 1431, f. 9b, detail); p. 94, fig. 1.18 (Is 1434, f. 4).
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, p. 666-674) and indexes.
Contents V. 1: Sources and principles of the geometry of letters. Introduction: decoding the 'geometry of letters' -- The Arabic writing system and its development up to the 4th/10th century -- The proportioned script in context: sciences, arts and penmanship in 4th/19th century Baghdad -- Classical sources on the geometry of letters -- Constructing the foundation: the dot and the two-dimensional grid -- The grid and the golden ratio -- From geometric core to living form: tracing strokes with the pen -- By a hair's breadth: growth and form in the proportioned script -- V. 2: From geometric pattern to living form. Introduction: analysing the geometry of letters -- Letter alif -- Letter bāʾ and homographs tāʾ and thāʾ -- Letter jīm and homographs hāʾ and khāʾ -- Letter dāl and homograph dhāl -- Letter rāʾ and homograph zāy -- Letter sīn and homograph shīn -- Letter sād and homograph dād -- Letter tāʾ and homograph zāʾ -- Letter ʿayn and homograph ghayn -- Letter fāʾ -- Letter qāf -- Letter kāf -- Letter lām -- Letter mīm -- Letter nūn -- Letter hāʾ -- Letter wāw -- Letter lām-alif -- Letter yāʾ -- The cosmic symbolism of the proportioned script -- The cubes of cubes -- Epilogue / Jeremy Henzell-Thomas.
Subject Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1431
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1434
Calligraphy, Arabic -- History
Arabic language -- Writing -- History
Civilization, Arab
Geometry in art
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