such as the materials used in calligraphy and the nature of the Chinese written script as well as the esteem in which writing and literacy are held in traditional China. The earliest extant examples ...

The Arabic script contains a full range of letters of manipulable ... textiles and architecture. Islamic calligraphy and illustrated manuscripts have been highly prized for millennia. The Qur'an, ...

Since the Islamic conquest, Moroccan calligraphers relentlessly pursued their craft, despite scarcity of schools to teach the ...