PLATE VIII. A kufic inscription in the place appropriated to the performance of ablutions, in the mosque at Cordova.

PLATE VIII. A kufic inscription in the place appropriated to the performance of ablutions, in the mosque at Cordova.

Page from an Album of Calligraphies of Prophetic Traditions (Hadith), ca. 1500; Ottoman Signed by Hamdullah ibn Mustafa Dede Turkey (Istanbul). 

Page from an Album of Calligraphies of Prophetic Traditions (Hadith), ca. 1500; Ottoman Signed by Hamdullah ibn Mustafa Dede Turkey (Istanbul). 

Calligraphy by Imran Ashraf

Calligraphy by Imran Ashraf

Sadequain’s calligraphy at Lahore Museum. 

Sadequain’s calligraphy at Lahore Museum. 

Rider on an epigraphic horse, India, perhaps Bijapur, late sixteenth century.

Rider on an epigraphic horse, India, perhaps Bijapur, late sixteenth century.

thearabesque: Muhammad Badawi Al-Dirani (1894-1967)

thearabesque:

Muhammad Badawi Al-Dirani (1894-1967)

Tile fragment, Bukhara, about 1359. 

Tile fragment, Bukhara, about 1359. 

الحمد لله

الحمد لله

Saljuq period, Qur’an folio. Circa 11-12th century. 

Saljuq period, Qur’an folio. Circa 11-12th century.