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Tuesday 27 April 2010

Kufic


Kufic is the oldest calligraphic form of the various Arabic scripts and consists of a modified form of the old Nabataean script. The word is also used to describe border designs that are thought to be derived from an Arabic script.
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  1. DawnTreader27 April 2010 at 12:19

    The equivalent adjective in Swedish ('kufisk') is used to denote something strange or weird. I never really thought about the etymology of that word until now...

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