By the Pen and What They Write – Writing in Islamic Art and Culture by Blair, Sheila S./ Bloom, Jonathan M - 2017

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Large-format volume, measuring approximately 9.5" x 12", is bound in red cloth, with stamped black lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are new. Lavishly illustrated. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. xi/305 pages.Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art, November 9-11, 2013, Palermo, Sicily."Considered by Muslims as the only true art, calligraphy has played a prominent role in Islamic culture since the time of the prophet Muhammad. Exploring this central role of the written word in Islam and how writing practices have evolved and adapted in different historical contexts, this book provides an overview of the enormous impact that writing in Arabic script has had on the visual arts of the Islamic world. Approaching the topic from a number of different perspectives, the essays in this volume include discussions on the relationship between orality and the written word; the materiality of the written word, ranging from the type of paper on which books were written… Read More

Yale University Press, 2017. 305pp. Index. Original red cloth covered boards. Series: The Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art. Pages are clean (unmarked). Binding is tight and secure. Unclipped pictorial DJ has a few small bumps to edges, light rubbing to corners. We have added a removable mylar covering to dust jacket for protection. Nice copy. . First Thus. Oversized Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Mylared.

Other Distribution, 2017. Hardcover. New. 384 pages. 11.50x9.25x1.25 inches.