New Web Exhibit From Library of Congress: Selections of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Calligraphy

New Online Exhibits from Library of Congress: “Selections of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Calligraphy

Presented by the The African and Middle Eastern Division of LC.

During the late 1920s, early 1930s, and 1990s the Library of Congress acquired a large collection of Arabic script calligraphy sheets. This presentation exhibits 355 Arabic calligraphy sheets, ranging from the 9th to the 19th centuries. A majority of the calligraphy sheets were written on paper, however, a group of Qur’anic fragments from the 9th and 10th centuries were inscribed on parchment.

The material can be keyword searched or browsed by calligrapher, titles or subject.

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