Date: September 30, 2023 6:24 pmPublished By:sufiadmin
Qurans Qurans form the largest body of illuminated manuscripts in the Islamic world, and in some cases constitute the only surviving form of manuscripts from a given period. Their development has been bound inextricably to that of the Arabic script (see the ‘Calligraphy’ section) and they form a key part of the art of Islamic… View Article
Date: August 20, 2023 6:19 amPublished By:sufiadmin
Calligraphy Calligraphy has always held a pre-eminent position in Islamic art. As the medium of the Quran, being the word of God, Arabic script was accorded an exceptional status in Islamic society. In the absence of religious imagery, the written word became a form of visual expression, with inscriptions revealing the profound expression of God’s… View Article
Date: July 6, 2023 8:16 amPublished By:sufiadmin
Books and Bindings Early Islamic book bindings consisted of wooden boards covered with leather, with leather straps to hold the book closed. The leather is usually decorated with tooling, a technique in which a pattern is carved or stamped with a metal tool into damp leather. By the 11th century, wooden boards had been superseded… View Article
Date: May 4, 2023 5:14 pmPublished By:sufiadmin
Ceramics Early Islamic ceramics typically followed the traditions of Byzantium, Parthian, Sasanian Iran and the Classical Mediterranean, making it often hard to distinguish between Islamic objects and those of the preceding period. Khorasan, Transoxiana, Nishapur and Samarqand emerged as the main centres of ceramic production under the Samanids, during the 10th and 11th centuries, producing… View Article
Date: January 22, 2023 6:50 amPublished By:sufiadmin
Textiles Textiles other than silk fabrics include those that were decorated with printed or painted designs. These include shirts, usually of cotton, inscribed in ink with verses from the Quran, prayers and the attributes of God, sometimes with geometric and floral decoration. Such talismanic shirts were worn during military campaigns by Ottoman and Safavid rulers…. View Article
Date: December 10, 2022 8:02 pmPublished By:sufiadmin
Jewellery The work of Islamic jewellers included pendants and necklaces, earrings, beads, pins, bracelets, rings, head ornaments, such as crowns and diadems, arm bands, anklets, belt trappings, seals and cases. Jewellery was typically made of gold, silver or bronze, either cast or in the form of sheet metal. The most common types of decoration include… View Article
