Ink and gold
Subtitle: Islamic calligraphy
By: Marcus Fraser and Will Kwiatkowski ; [edited by Gemma Allen].
Contributors: Kwiatkowski, Will.; Museum für Islamische Kunst (Berlin, Germany)
Publisher: Published for Sam Fogg by Paul Holberton; Distributed in U.S. and Canada by University of Washington Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; [Seattle]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780954901486
Subjects: Koran -- Illustrations -- Exhibitions; Calligraphy, Arabic -- Exhibitions; Islamic calligraphy -- Exhibitions; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Islamic -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "Ink and Gold is a catalogue of over forty pieces of Islamic calligraphy and illumination, covering a period of some 1200 years and representing the calligraphic traditions of an area stretching from Morocco to Central Asia. Pride of place has been given to the Qur'an as the most widely copied text in the Islamic world and as the inspiration for many of the masterpieces of Islamic calligraphy. The catalogue also includes examples of royal decrees, calligraphic albums and Persian poetry, showing the huge diversity of calligraphic traditions in the Islamic world. Ink and Gold has been produced to accompany an exhibition at the Museum fur Islamische Kunst, Berlin."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Accompanies exhibition at Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, 14 July-31 Aug., 2006--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-143).
Table of contents: title: Foreword: Claus-Peter Haase, Director of the Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; title: Introduction; title: Will Kwiatkowski; title: Catalogue; title: Marcus Fraser and Will Kwiatkowski; title: Hijazi Script; title: Kufic script; title: Eastern Kufic script; title: Maghribi script; title: Cursive scripts.