Style Other / Ref.9134
Twelve cedarwood beams and ceiling elements. Friezes from the 14th & 15th centuries.
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14th and 15th century. From a Merinide Medrasa in Marocco.
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See pictures.
Carved wood beams and friezes from the 14th/15th century. The wood pieces are covered with Maghribi Kufic writing with stylised floral ornamentation and geometric interlacing.
Broadly speaking, there were two distinct scripts in the early centuries of Islam: cursive script and Kufic script. For everyday purposes a cursive script was employed: typical examples are to be seen in the Arabic papyri from Egypt. Rapidly executed, the script does not appear to have been subject to formal and rigorous rules. Kufic script, however, seems to have been developed for religious and official purposes. The term Kufic means "the script of Kufah," an Islamic city founded in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) in AD 638, but the actual connection between the city and the script is not clear. Kufic is a more or less square and angular script characterized by its heavy, bold, and lapidary style. Its letters are generally thick, squat, and unslanted, and it was particularly suitable for writing on stone or metal, for painting or carving inscriptions on the walls of mosques, and for lettering on coins.
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