http://www.metafilter.com/tags/BahramGur Posts tagged with 'BahramGur' at MetaFilter. Mon, 12 May 2008 17:21:09 -0800 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:21:09 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/71603/Arabic%2DPersian%2Dand%2DOttoman%2DCalligraphy <a href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/apochtml/apochome.html">Selections of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Calligraphy</a> from the collection of The Library of Congress. 373 individual pieces from ranging in time from the 9th to the 19th Century, all explained and some translated. A few personal favorites (note that very high quality scans can be viewed by clicking the appropriate link after clicking thumbnail): <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?intldl/ascsbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(ascs000242))">marriage decree</a>, <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?intldl/ascsbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(ascs000210))">verses on tragic love</a>, <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?intldl/ascsbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(ascs000042))">practice sheet</a>, <a href="http://international.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?ascsbib:11:./temp/~intldl_0CD5::">verses 10-11 of the 48th chapter of the Qur'an</a>, <a href="http://international.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?intldl/ascsbib:@field(TITLE+@od1(Poetic+verses+offering+advice))">poetic verses offering advice</a>, <a href="http://international.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?intldl/ascsbib:@field(SUBJ+@od1(Riq'ah))">frontispiece of Qur'anic exegesis</a> and <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?ascsbib:6:./temp/~intldl_zlzK::">quatrain by Rumi</a>. There are also four special presentations: <a href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/apochtml/apoccalligraphers.html">Calligraphers of the Persian Tradition</a>, <a href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/apochtml/apocottoman.html">Ottoman Calligraphers and Their Works</a>, <a href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/apochtml/apocfragments.html">Qur’anic Fragments</a> and <a href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/apochtml/apocnoteworthy.html">Noteworthy Items</a>. This last presentation also features representational art, for instance images of <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?intldl/ascsbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(ascs000241))">The battle of Mazandaran</a> and <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?intldl/ascsbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(ascs000182))">the Persian king Bahram Gur hunting</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.71603 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:21:09 -0800 Arabic art BahramGur calligraphy literature Ottoman Persia poetry Rumi Turks Kattullus