Muthanna / Mirror Writing in Islamic Calligraphy
Muthanna / Mirror Writing in Islamic Calligraphy
History, Theory, and Aesthetics
Akin-Kivanc, Esra
Indiana University Press
09/2020
352
Dura
Inglês
9780253049209
15 a 20 dias
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Introduction: Axes
Part I: 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 II: 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
Index
Introduction: Axes
Part I: 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 II: 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
Index