Textual ecologies in Islam: improvising the perfect Qur'an in Calligraphy
The focus of this paper is a significant Islamic skilled practice, hat (calligraphy), the art of beautiful writing with the reed pen. In Islam shaping God's very words through calligraphic writing is both an act of worship as well as an art form. In this paper I briefly explore how the act of w...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2017]
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| In: |
Journal of religious and political practice
Year: 2017, Volume: 3, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 46-56 |
| Further subjects: | B
Calligraphy
B the Qur'an B Qur'anic recitation B Qur'an's untranslatability |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) |
