Manuscripts in Bihari Calligraphy: Preliminary Remarks on a Little-Known Corpus
Within the corpus of manuscripts attributed to Sultanate India (thirteenth to sixteenth centuries), one group of Korans stands out. These Korans, which are in the Bihari script, follow precise and recurrent rules. They are defined by the use of Bihari calligraphy, a writing style specific to the Ind...
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Brill
2016
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Muqarnas
Year: 2016, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 63-90 |
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Bihari
manuscript
Koran
India
calligraphy
ornamentation
page layout
qiraʾāt
gloss
Ghurid
fālnāma
Sufism
talismanic shirts
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