Kufic Stone Inscription Culture, Script, and Graphics: The Aesthetic Art and Global Heritage of Early Kufic CalligraphyThis reference book studies the script, art, and culture of the early Arabic Kufic calligraphy. It presents around hundred historical stone inscriptions, coins, and manuscripts from early Islamic Persia. In their book, the primary author and famed Iranian early Kufic expert and calligrapher, S. M. V. Mousavi Jazayeri, and his fellow co authors read and analyze with meticulous detail the calligraphy, script, and art work of thirty seven Kufic

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