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Sample exercises on Arabic calligraphy : photomechanical print

Title
Sample exercises on Arabic calligraphy : photomechanical print.
Production
Place not identified, 19th century.
Physical Description
1 volume (36 leaves) ; 6 cm
Language
Arabic
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
Incipit: F Q K L Ḥr M N W H W H LA Y Y Y H.
البداية: ف ق ك ل حر م ن و ه و هـ لا ى ي ي هـ.
Secundo folio: Bā Bbbbḥ Bd Br.
بداية الورقة الثانية: با بببح بد بر.
23 x 6 cm; written surface: 2.5 x 18 cm; 1 line per page.
Binding: The strips of paper are sewn with a thread, in cardboard cover with brown cloth on spine.
In large calligraphic naskh script, in black ink, on white paper; the texts include vowels and calligraphic signs.
Colophon: No colophon. Text ends with the callighraphy of the first verse of "Badʼ al-amālī" of al-Ūshī (ʻAlī ibn ʻUthmān, active 12th century), as follows: Yaqūlu al-ʻabdu fī badʼ al-amālī // li-tawḥidin bi-naẓmin ka-al-laʼālī."
الخاتمة: لا يوجد خاتمة. ينتهي النص بتخطيط للبيب الأول من "بدء الأمالي" للأوشي (علي بن عثمان، ناشط قرن 12)، كما يلي: يقول العبد في بدء الأمالي // لتوحدٍ بنظمٍ كاللآلي."
In Arabic.
Forms part of the Hartford Seminary Collection. For a description of the collection, search by call number: Hartford Seminary.
Provenance
Purchased from Hartford Seminary on the Beinecke Rare Book & Capital Reserve Fund, 2005.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
A booklet of sample exercises on Arabic calligraphy. A photomechanical reproduction. Name of the calligrapher not mentioned. Place and date not mentioned, probably from the 19th century.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
March 08, 2024
References
Sample exercises on Arabic calligraphy. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Sample exercises on Arabic calligraphy. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Arabic - 19th century.
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