Quran kufic calligraphy. Please help us by uploading beautiful traditional pieces of islamic calligraphy we prefer classical islamic calligraphy rather than modern calligraphic art by muslims. Blair suggests that the name kufic was introduced to western scholarship by jacob george christian adler 1756 1834 furthermore the kufic script plays an important role in the development of islamic calligraphy. The website allows people to upload their own samples of calligraphy to it in order to make it a hub for free islamic and quranic calligraphy.
About this png image. The development of islamic calligraphy is strongly tied to the quran. Pngfuel is an open platform for users.
This angular slow moving dignified script was also used on tombstones and coins as well as for inscriptions on buildings. A kufi square kufic murabba arabic calligraphy version of a verse from the holy quran translated as there is no compulsion in religion find this pin and more on square kufic alkofy almrbaa by farfoor. What is kufic script.
However islamic calligraphy is not limited to strictly religious subjects objects or spaces. Quran arabic calligraphy islam kufic calligraphy free png free clipart transparent background no background. Kufic is defined as a highly angular form of the arabic alphabet originally used in early copies of the quran.
Kufic script in calligraphy earliest extant islamic style of handwritten alphabet that was used by early muslims to record the quran. Jul 30 2016 explore etbarker9s board square kufic calligraphy on pinterest. The striking angular arabic script known as kufic takes its name from the iraqi town of al kufah one of the earliest centres of islamic learning where the script is thought to have developed.
Please help us by uploading beautiful traditional pieces of islamic calligraphy we prefer classical islamic calligraphy rather than modern calligraphic art by muslims. This copy of the quran in an early kufic script is most likely from the 9th centurylike earlier qurans it was written on vellum.