Esra Akin-Kivanc

Muthanna / Mirror Writing in Islamic Calligraphy

History, Theory, and Aesthetics

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Produktbeschreibung

In doing so, this study elaborates on the vital links between outward form and inner meaning in Islamic calligraphy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 179mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 773g
• ISBN-13: 9780253049216
• ISBN-10: 0253049210
• Artikelnr.: 59920572

Autorenporträt

Esra Akin-Kivanc

Inhaltsangabe

A Note on Transcription and Translation
Introduction: Axes
Part I: A History of Mirror Writing
1. Perspectives: Previous Scholarship on Mirror Writing
2. Foundations: The Practice of Mirror Writing
3. Orientations: Reversed and Repeated Writing in Non-Arabic and Arabic
Scripts
4. Convergences: Mirror Writing in Greek and Arabic
5. Diffractions: Mirror Writing in Arabic
Part II: A Theory of Mirror Writing
6. Reflections: Mirrors in Islamic Studies
7. Illuminations: A New Discourse on Mirror Writing
8. Directions: The Single-Letter Muthanna
9. Receptions: Multiletter and Multiword Muthannas
10. Projections: Calligraphic Nazires and Mobility
Conclusion: Refractions
Works Consulted
Index