Books on Calligraphy

Islamic Arts A&I (Art & Ideas)

Blair, Sheila S., and Jonathan Bloom. Islamic Arts A&I (Art & Ideas). London: Phaidon Press, 1997.

Keywords: historical overview for beginning students, images

Blair, Sheila S. Islamic Calligraphy. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2008.

Keywords: historical overview for beginning students, images

Derman, M. Ugur. Letters In Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakıp Sabancı Collection. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998.

Keywords: historical overview of Ottoman calligraphy, images

Ekhtiar, Maryam D. How to Read Islamic Calligraphy. New Haven and London: The Metropolitan Mueseum of Art, 2018.

Keywords: historical overview for beginning students, images

Kwiatkowski, Will, Marcus Fraser, and Gemma Allen. Ink And Gold: Islamic Calligraphy. Zurich: Published for Sam Fogg by Paul Holberton, 2006.

Keywords: historical overview, collection of images

Schimmel, Annemarie. Calligraphy and Islamic Culture. New York City: New York University Press, 1990.

Keywords: cultural context of calligraphy

The Diwani-Jaly Diwani-Riq’a Mashqs by M. Halim Özyazici. Istanbul, 2003. IRCICA.

Keywords: calligraphy exercise book

The Thuluth and Naskh Mashqs of Mehmed Şevki Efendi. Istanbul, 1999. IRCICA.

Keywords: calligraphy exercise book