Animal Calligraphy.

By Alex in Art on Jun 21, 2006 at 11:55 am

In this intricate artform, readable arabic scripts into amazing animal figures. The practice is not new – it dates back to as early as 1458.

This particular one above was made by Hassan Musa, a Sudanese calligrapher.

BibliOdyssey has lots more: Link – via Scribal Terror

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  1. Blacknimbus
    Jun 21st, 2006 at 12:17 pm

    It’s a pity that pictures of animate beings are haraam.

  2. Jone
    Jun 21st, 2006 at 10:26 pm

    I want to learn the background of the calligraphy such as the artform and other correlative pictures.

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  4. Born
    Sep 13th, 2009 at 2:10 pm

    I know very little arabic. What does the worrior on horse back calligraghy mean in english?


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