calligraphy

kalligrafia puhekieltä The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.
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This paper will explore the role of calligraphy on three royal mosques built during the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1628-1658):(..).

There is, however, a temporal separation between the earthly crystallization of Quranic calligraphy and the advent of the Quranic revelation.

Calligraphy, however, can seem like a live concert recording with a shallow, raw sound and awkward "accidentals." But calligraphy has grown on me, and a distinction must be made between the calligraphy of high school diplomas and that of experts whose work is often breathtakingly beautiful.

Only a small number of Trungpa Rinpoche's calligraphies have been reproduced heretofore, some in very limited editions.