A COMPILATION OF BOOKS ABOUT CALLIGRAPHY CALLIGRAPHERS AND P...

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A COMPILATION OF BOOKS ABOUT CALLIGRAPHY CALLIGRAPHERS AND PAINTERS, A TREATISE BY QÃDĪ AHMAD, SON OF MĪR-MUNSHĪ (circa A.H. 1015 / A.D. 1606), TRANSLATED BY V. MINORSKY, AN INTRODUCTION BY B.N. ZAKHODER, PUBLISHED BY FREER GALLERY OF ART OCCASIONAL PAPERS, 1959
First edition, 223 pages, with 8 plates, printed in Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, translated from Persian, translated from Russian by T. Minorsky, soft binding
THE ROLE OF WRITING IN CIVILIZATIONS AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CALLIGRAPHY IN ISLAMIC CULTURE “MEDENIYET ALEMINDE YAZI VE ISLAM MEDENIYETINDE KALEM GUZELI”, BY MAHMUD BEDREDDIN YAZIR, PUBLISHED BY PUBLICATIONS OF THE DIRECTORATE OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS, VOLUME III, 1989
Third volume, an important book about the artistic and technical elements of calligraphy, pages 295-409, soft binding
28.5x20cm
“HE IS EVERLASTING” ON THE TOMBSTONES, “MEZAR TASLARINDA HUVE’L BAKI”,BY MEHMET ZEKI KUSOGLU, PHOTOGRAPHS BY SABIT KALFAGIL, 1984

One of 3,000 copies, ‘Huve’l Baki” a common inscription on Islamic tombstones, signifying the eternal nature of God and the impermanence of earthly life, numerous monochrome photos throughout the book, plus 48 full-page plates, front cover missing
23x23cm