#Kufic

It's that time of the year again! Changing leaves, pumpkin spice, and another Christie's sale of Islamic objects with dubious provenance records! https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/books-manuscripts/a-kufic-quran-section-probably-k

A thread on manuscript dating. Early Qurans can be dated in many ways using codicology, paleography, orthography, art history, and radiocarbon dating. Here I wanted to provide a peek at

Dr Gina van Raphael

Thread: Another overview amazing #Muslim *female* achievement. Did you know the first university in the world was built by a Muslim woman approx 1200 years ago? This is the story

Marijn "i before j" van Putten

There are several letters of the prophet to several heads of state, which have been recorded in literary sources.There are some documents out there, which are said to be the

Taras Press - مطبعة طرس

Of course, the Maghribi script family continues to be a living tradition, so let's follow up with a on contemporary typefaces (please reply with others you know of):First has to

Marijn "i before j" van Putten

In the Quran, God is referred to in three places (Q2:255; Q3:2; Q20:111) as al-ḥayy al-qayyūm "The Living, The All-Sustaining". ʿUmar ibn al-Ḫaṭṭāb , the second Islamic caliph, is attributed

A thread on the written word Allāh (الله) in #Muslim art as an aniconic symbol of #God. Image: A lotus-style stone flower with the word Allāh incorporated in its center.

This pinned tweet is a thread of threads: any I made that's worth bookmarking can be found here.A look at the Kufic script of some astrolabes: http://tinyurl.com/yh8ltyxy Visual analysis of materials

Natalie 🌿🏕️🍄🛐

1 RT = 1 flag with soul / 1 flag with no soul(not necessarily current national flags) Croatia uses the classic panslavic colours, with a shield of ancient heraldric symbols,

Gujarat History

Gujarat's great king Siddharaj Jaysinh Solanki died in 1142 AD after 49 years rule.He had no son.His time was a golden era of Gujarat history.After death of Gujarat king Siddhraj

Anonymous Dingo

I've decided my latest 'thing' is going to be reviewing flags of the world. I'll be ranking these on:* Uniqueness* Extravagance* Fun factsIf my review offends you then, quite frankly,