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- catalog abstract ""Arabic Script offers a thorough, illuminating guide to the Arabic alphabet and writing styles and presents an understanding of a culture and a civilization. This book helps us discover an alphabet that throughout the centuries has been linked to the secular and religious worlds of Islam." "In this book the history and meaning of each letter of the alphabet is given as well as its cultural, religious and philosophical significance. Profusely illustrated, there are some 300 two-color and black-and-white pictures of the letters, their variants, and calligraphic adaptations, showing that Arabic script is both an art form and a means of communication. The Appendix includes a glossary and an index." "An ideal book for linguists, graphic designers, and collectors of Islamic art, Arabic Script is also a handy reference for travelers who wish to become familiar with the rudiments of the alphabet."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Alfabeto arabo. English".
- catalog contributor b12238664.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Arabic Script offers a thorough, illuminating guide to the Arabic alphabet and writing styles and presents an understanding of a culture and a civilization. This book helps us discover an alphabet that throughout the centuries has been linked to the secular and religious worlds of Islam." "In this book the history and meaning of each letter of the alphabet is given as well as its cultural, religious and philosophical significance. Profusely illustrated, there are some 300 two-color and black-and-white pictures of the letters, their variants, and calligraphic adaptations, showing that Arabic script is both an art form and a means of communication. The Appendix includes a glossary and an index." "An ideal book for linguists, graphic designers, and collectors of Islamic art, Arabic Script is also a handy reference for travelers who wish to become familiar with the rudiments of the alphabet."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The letters of the alphabet -- The supplemental letters -- Styles, variants and calligraphic adaptations.".
- catalog extent "180 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Arabic script.".
- catalog identifier "0789207109".
- catalog isFormatOf "Arabic script.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng ita".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Abbeville Press,".
- catalog relation "Arabic script.".
- catalog subject "745.6/19927 21".
- catalog subject "Calligraphy, Arabic.".
- catalog subject "NK3633.A2 M3613 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "The letters of the alphabet -- The supplemental letters -- Styles, variants and calligraphic adaptations.".
- catalog title "Alfabeto arabo. English".
- catalog title "Arabic script : styles, variants, and calligraphic adaptations / Gabriel Mandel Khan ; translated from Italian by Rosanna M. Giammanco Frongia.".
- catalog type "text".