Bihārī calligraphy - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Bihārī calligraphy - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Brac de la Perrière, Eloïse

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061044
Doc. NO	:	ALei1441
Main Entry	:	Brac de la Perrière, Eloïse
Title & Author	:	Bihārī calligraphy - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Brac de la Perrière, Eloïse
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,157 words)
Abstract	:	Developed in pre-Mughal India beginning in the seventh/thirteenth century, Bihārī calligraphy (khaṭṭ-i bihārī) continued to be used in certain manuscripts and in specific contexts up to the nineteenth century. In its early forms—the monumental epigraphy of the late seventh/thirteenth century and the manuscripts of the late eighth/fourteenth century—this calligraphic style showed characteristics intermediate between angular and cursive scripts; later, from the ninth/fifteenth century onwards, it shared some traits with muḥaqqaq (lit., established), one of the six calligraphic styles recorded since the ʿAbbāsid
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1441.pdf