Explore: Manichaean Calligraphy

Sasanian and Manichaean Art in Persian painting. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 23–24. Klimkeit, Hans-Joachim (1982). Manichaean Art And Calligraphy. New York:

reassessed the influence of Manichaean art in general. One of Mani's primary beliefs was that the arts (namely painting, calligraphy, and music) were of the

Manichaean scripture includes nine main books: the Seven Treatises of Manichaeism, all personally written by Mani in Syriac, the Shabuhragan written by

Manichaeism". academia.edu. Retrieved 2 June 2020. H. J. Klimkeit Manichaean Art and Calligraphy 1982 ISBN 9789004064782 p. 9 Jacob Albert van den Berg, Annemaré

London) On Calligraphy by Mi Fu, Song dynasty China Islamic calligraphy: Folio from a Koran (8–9th century), Abbasid Kufic Calligraphy Page of an Armenian

idols; therefore the architecture tends to be decorated with Arabic calligraphy (including Qur'anic verses or other poetry) and with more abstract motifs

varieties of the spiralling arabesque. These are often combined with Islamic calligraphy, geometric patterns in styles that are typically found in a wide variety

began to reflect the unique Chinese painting style. Chinese Calligraphy Chinese calligraphy can be traced back to the Dazhuan (large seal script) that

three scripts used to write the Sogdian language, the others being the Manichaean alphabet and the Syriac alphabet. It was used throughout Central Asia

or were single works for muraqqas or albums of painting and Islamic calligraphy. The style gradually spread in the next two centuries to influence painting