Muthanna/Mirror writing in Islamic calligraphy: history, theory, and aesthetics

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- A Note on Transcription, Translation, and Dates -- Introduction: Axes -- Part 1. A History of Mirror Writing -- 1. Perspectives: Previous Scholarship on Mirror Writing -- 2. Foundations: The Practice of Mirror Writing -- 3. Orientations:...

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bloomington Indiana University Press 2020
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Zusammenfassung:Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- A Note on Transcription, Translation, and Dates -- Introduction: Axes -- Part 1. A History of Mirror Writing -- 1. Perspectives: Previous Scholarship on Mirror Writing -- 2. Foundations: The Practice of Mirror Writing -- 3. Orientations: Reversed and Repeated Writing in Non-Arabic and Arabic Scripts -- 4. Convergences: Mirror Writing in Greek and Arabic -- 5. Diffractions: Mirror Writing in Arabic -- Part 2. A Theory of Mirror Writing -- 6. Reflections Mirrors in Islamic Studies -- 7. Illuminations: A New Discourse on Mirror Writing -- 8. Directions: The Single-Letter Muthanna -- 9. Receptions: Multiletter and Multiword Muthannas -- 10. Projections: Calligraphic Nazires and Mobility -- Conclusion: Refractions -- Works Consulted -- Indexes -- About the Author
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ISBN:9780253049230

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