CALLIGRAPHY a Literature Search COMPILED BY Reference Library 1991

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CONTENTS
I.  Art of Writing : Origin and development 001 – 462
I.A.  Indian Heritage 

001 – 040, 041 – 080, 081 – 120, 121 – 159

 001 – 159
I.B. In China and Japan 

160 – 205, 206 – 245

 160 – 251
I.C. In the Rest of World

252 – 300, 301 – 350, 351 – 400, 400 – 462

 

 252 – 462
II.  Islamic Calligraphy
II.A. History 463  
II. A. 1  Arabic Origin 464 – 516
II. A. 2  Heading through Persia 517 – 558
II. A. 3  Blossoms in India

 

 559 – 590
II. B.  Some Major Styles 591 – 615
II. B. 1 Kufic 591 – 605
II. B. 2  Naskhi and Nastaliq 606 – 608
II. B. 3  Tughra 609 – 613
II. B. 4 Maghrebi and Shikasta

 

 614 – 615
II. C.  Art and Technique 616 – 659
II. D.  Calligraphers : biographies 660 -674
II. E.  Generalia

 

 675 – 714
III.  Western Calligraphy 715 – 1000
III. A. Art and Technique : Orthography

715 – 760, 761 – 805, 806 – 851

 715 – 851
III. B.  Applied Calligraphy 852 – 889
III. C.  Calligraphers : biographies 890 – 898
III. D.  Generalia

899 – 950, 951 – 1000

 899 – 1000