Mashq
None
Mashq is one of the oldest calligraphic forms of the Arabic script. At the time of the emergence of Islam , this type of writing was likely already in use in various parts of the Arabian Peninsula . It is first attested during the reign of caliph Umar, making it one of the earliest forms of Arabic script, along with Hijazi and Kufic . It was used in most texts produced during the first and second centuries after the Hijra .
Etymology
In Arabic, مَشَقَ mashaqa means "to stretch out" [2] and the name مَشْق mashq references the fact that the letters د ,ص ,ط ,ك, and ى (as well as their dotted counterparts) are written stretched out. Mashq calligraphy is also notable for the shortened intervals between words.
The Arabic term for this script spread as a loanword throughout the Muslim world as the Arabic writing system spread. For example, mashq is known as meşk in Turkish and is practiced by present-day calligraphers.
See also
References
- ↑ Ekthiar, Maryam (2011). "A Manuscript of Five Sections of a Qur'an,18th century: Catalogue Entry" . Met Museum .
- ↑ "Al-Ma'any Dictionary Entry - َمَشَق" . www.almaany.com . Retrieved 2016-01-25 .
External links
- Mashq Sample Calligrapher:Mehmed Şevki Efendi
- Qur'anic fragment dated to 107 AH / 725 CE, now in the Egyptian National Library
Arabic
language
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overviews | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scripts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Letters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Varieties |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Academic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Linguistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technical |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Styles |
|
|||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Objects | ||||||||||
Calligraphers | ||||||||||
|
||||||||||
Organizations | ||||||||||
Influences | ||||||||||
Part of
Islamic arts
|
This article related to the Arabic script is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . |