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The Cosmic Script - Sacred Geometry and the Science of Arabic Penmanship (Hardcover)
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The Cosmic Script - Sacred Geometry and the Science of Arabic Penmanship (Hardcover)
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This landmark study 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. Volume One,
`Sources and Principles of the Geometry of Letters', traces the
origin of the Proportioned Script to the cross-cultural encounter
between Greek learning and the scientific, artistic and
philosophical pursuits of classical Islam. On the basis of
instructions in surviving sources it identifies a grid module that
serves as a common foundation for the design of all the Arabic
letter shapes. In Volume Two, `From Geometric Pattern to Living
Form', the authors construct each of the letter shapes on the grid
module and compare their findings to samples traced by two
classical master scribes. They conclude by examining the religious,
aesthetic and cosmological significance of the Proportioned Script
in the wider context of the Islamic cultural heritage. Drs Moustafa
and Sperl have succeeded in unearthing the very foundations of
Arabic penmanship, with implications for the arts of Islam as a
whole.
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