Description
Volume One: Sources and Principles of the Geometry of Letters, traces the origin of the Proportioned Script to the cross-cultural encounter between Greek learning and the scientific, artistic and philosophical pursuits of classical Islam. On the basis of instructions in surviving sources it identifies a grid module that serves as a common foundation for the design of all the Arabic letter shapes. Volume Two: From Geometric Pattern to Living Form, the authors construct each of the letter shapes on the grid module and compare their findings to samples traced by two classical master scribes. They conclude by examining the religious, aesthetic and cosmological significance of the Proportioned Script in the wider context of the Islamic cultural heritage. W:35.2 x H:29.7 x D: 8.4cm Approx. Winner of the World Award for the Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran 2016. Hardcover in presentation box. Published by Thames and Hudson Ltd 2014