Albertine Gaur

British Library. Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books

Second Supplementary Catalogue of Tamil Books in the British Library, Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books

Calligraphy can be said to have developed among three of the world's major civilizations - the Arabs (and those who use the Arabic script), whose tradition centres on the preservation of the divine revelation through the Koran; the Chinese (and those who use Chinese script); and the Europeans who adopted the Roman script and laws within a Christian tradition. In this wide-ranging and heavily illustrated study, Albertine Gaur explores the history of calligraphy, and the place of calligraphers, from the earliest times to the present day, within all three of these very different cultures. In addition, she discusses the tools for writing and the development of calligraphy in relation to printing and typography, and examines current trends and the work of contemporary calligraphers.

A History of Calligraphy

La scrittura. Un viaggio attraverso il mondo dei segni

A History of Writing

Rosemary Sassoon

Iconography as a crucial form of communication long before computers, and the myriad ways in which signs and symbols are integrated into the age of digital information, form the two parts of this book.

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