Moroccan calligrapher, Noureddine Daifallah.
Moroccan calligrapher, Noureddine Daifallah.
Leaf from volume one of a decorated two volume set of the Qur’an produced in sub-Saharan (West) Africa in the 13th AH / 19th CE century. Written in Sūdānī script on loose leaves, this manuscript is enclosed in two decorated covers and a leather pouch (satchel).
Untitled - Farid Belkahia
Douentza, Mali, 1985. Eric Stone.
Djenne, Mali, 1985. Eric Stone.
A Tuareg, goat leather panel from Mauritania.
Zoomorphic calligraphy for a Sufi tale by Sudanese calligrapher, Hassan Musa.
A really cool poster featuring the saint Ahmed al-Tijani.
A diagram of the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina that was found among thousands of manuscripts in Timbuktu. | Photo by Brent Stirton/National Geographic, Timbuktu, 2010.