Calligraphy Collection (#34)

Pine Tree and Calligraphy, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Ike no Taiga
Pine Tree and Calligraphy, late 18th-early 19th century

Recopilacion subtilissima, intitulada Orthographia pratica, 1548. Creator: Yciar (Iciar)
Recopilacion subtilissima, intitulada Orthographia pratica, 1548. Private Collection

Koei-Si-Hin - scribe, Magalang, Java, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Koei-Si-Hin - scribe, Magalang, Java, 1898. Portrait of a Chinese man wearing glasses and holding a pen. Koei-Si-Hin, Offens[?] Schreiber in Magelang

Architectural decoration in the Alhambra, (1898). Creator: Unknown
Architectural decoration in the Alhambra, (1898). Moresque - Architectural Ornament - Spain is the country, where the Islamitic art found its purest

Persian metawork, (1898). Creator: Unknown
Persian metawork, (1898). Examples of metal objects with damascened designs including Arabic inscriptions: Figs 1 and 2: Helm [helmet] with shield belonging to it. Fig 3: Border from an armature

Inscription in the Hall of the Two Sisters, 1907. Creator: Unknown
Inscription in the Hall of the Two Sisters, 1907. Interior decoration with Arabic calligraphy in the palace of the Alhambra, Granada, Spain, which mainly dates from the 14th century

The Opera, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Opera, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

Selections from the New Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times…
Selections from the New Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times (Shinkokin wakashu) with Printed Designs of Chinese Lions and Crab Finger Grass (Meshishiba), early 1600s

Sacred Name of Tenjin, 1500s. Creator: Sakugen Sh?ry? (Japanese, 1501-1579)
Sacred Name of Tenjin, 1500s

Quran Manuscript Folio, 800s-900s. Creator: Unknown
Quran Manuscript Folio, 800s-900s

Quran Manuscript Folio (verso), 800s-900s. Creator: Unknown
Quran Manuscript Folio (verso), 800s-900s. This page features the last eight verses of the Sura al-Sad (named for the Arabic letter sad ) and the opening verses of the Sura al-Zumar (the Companies)

Page from a Koran (verso), 1100s. Creator: Unknown
Page from a Koran (verso), 1100s

Page from a Koran (recto), 1100s. Creator: Unknown
Page from a Koran (recto), 1100s

Folio from a Koran, 1100s. Creator: Unknown
Folio from a Koran, 1100s

Calligraphy of a Quatrain, c. 1760. Creator: Unknown
Calligraphy of a Quatrain, c. 1760

Calligraphic exercises and verses of Hafiz (Persian, about 1325-1389), 1575-76. Creator
Calligraphic exercises and verses of Hafiz (Persian, about 1325-1389), 1575-76. This fine calligraphic work is signed and dated by a calligrapher who was highly regarded in both Safavid Iran

Calligraphy from a Ghazal of Badr al-Din Hilali Jaghata i (Persian, active c. 1500), c. 1550; borders added c. 1700s and mounted upside down

Calligraphy in Semi-Cursive Style (xing-caoshu), 1600s. Creator: Yueshan Daozong (Chinese
Calligraphy in Semi-Cursive Style (xing-caoshu), 1600s. This spontaneous, bold calligraphy style is characteristic of members of the Japanese Obaku sect of Chan Buddhism (Huangbo in Chinese)

Calligraphy in Running Style based on Wang Bos Essay on Tengwang Pavilion, 1811. Creator
Calligraphy in Running Style based on Wang Bos Essay on Tengwang Pavilion, 1811

Calligraphy from a ghazal of Fakhr al-Din Iraqi (Persian, 1213-1289) and a verse from the Tuhfat al-ahrar (The Gift of the Free) of Abd al-Rahman Jami, c. 1760

Calligraphy (reverse), 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Calligraphy (reverse), 1800s. This screen depicts paintings on one side and poems on the other-an economical format often used in Korea to allow the viewer to enjoy both sides of one screen

Painting of One Hundred Themes, late 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Painting of One Hundred Themes, late 1800s. This screen depicts paintings on one side and poems on the other--an economical format often used in Korea to allow the viewer to enjoy both sides of one

Painting of One Hundred Themes (obverse), late 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Painting of One Hundred Themes (obverse), late 1800s. This screen depicts paintings on one side and poems on the other-an economical format often used in Korea to allow the viewer to enjoy both sides

Poem, 1259. Creator: Song Lizong (Chinese, 1205-1264)
Poem, 1259

Poem on Plum, 1500s. Creator: Yi Hwang (Korean, 1501-1570)
Poem on Plum, 1500s. For Yi Hwang, a celebrated scholar and poet in 16th-century Korea, writing poems was an escape from partisan politics

Poem on Imperial Gift of an Embroidered Silk: Calligraphy in Cursive Script Style (xingshu), c. 1525. A poem by the influential Wen Zhengming expresses Wens gratitude to the Jiajing emperor

Eight Lines of Musical Poetry of the Jajner Nauras (Rag Bhairav) of Ibrahim Adil Shah of Bijapur, late 1600s. Ibrahim Adil Shah II was a visionary ruler in the southern territories of the Deccan

Calligraphy, 1702. Creator: Ahmad al-Husaini
Calligraphy, 1702

Calligraphy: Preface to the Anvar-i Suhaili, c. 1590. Creator: Unknown
Calligraphy: Preface to the Anvar-i Suhaili, c. 1590. The lovers have met in a remote wilderness location, away from the city shown in the distance

Calligraphy, c. 1596. Creator: Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560-1600); Sur Das (Indian)
Calligraphy, c. 1596. The fortress at Arbela, present-day Irbil, marked the center of Kurdistan in northern Iraq, homeland to the ethnic Kurds

Calligraphy of Lyrical Quatrains, c. 1760. Creator: Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian
Calligraphy of Lyrical Quatrains, c. 1760. Floral sprigs illuminate the central calligraphic work, and paired verses have been written in smaller script all around the border

Calligraphy, c. 1650. Creator: Unknown
Calligraphy, c. 1650

Calligraphy: A Page of Text from Sadis Bustan, c. 1710-1720. Creator: Unknown
Calligraphy: A Page of Text from Sadis Bustan, c. 1710-1720

Calligraphy, c. 1760. Creator: Unknown
Calligraphy, c. 1760

Courtesan looking at prints, 1770, (1924). Creator: Suzuki Harunobu
Courtesan looking at prints, 1770, (1924). From the " Ehon Seiro Bijin Awase" by Suzuki Harunobu, [1770]. The work depicts courtesans of the great houses (the Green Houses )

Man with swords, and man with a lantern, 1681, (1924). Creator: Hishikawa Moronobu
Man with swords, and man with a lantern, 1681, (1924). From the " Wakoku Shoshoku Edzukushi" (Collection of Pictures of Various Occupations in Japan) by Moronobu, [1681]

Horse-racing at the Kamo Festival, 1692-1696, (1924). Creator: Unknown
Horse-racing at the Kamo Festival, 1692-1696, (1924). From the " Yamato Kosatu Esho" by Ishikawa Ryusen, [1692-1696]

The poet Taira no Kanemori, c1610, (1924). Creator: Hon ami Koetsu
The poet Taira no Kanemori, c1610, (1924). The Japanese poet Taira no Kanemori (died 991 AD), from " Thirty-Six Immortal Poets" (Sanjurokkasen) by Hon ami Koetsu

Three figures, 1693, (1924). Creator: Torii Kiyonobu I
Three figures, 1693, (1924). From the " Kokon Shi-Shibai Hyakunin Isshu" illustrated by Torii Kiyonobu, [1693]. Published in " Block Printing & Book Illustration in Japan"

The Kinuta, 1775, (1924). Creator: Kitao Shigemasa
The Kinuta, 1775, (1924). Women beating cloth, and listening to a cricket. The Japanese word kinuta refers to a fulling block, a wooden mallet for beating washing or to give a shine to cloth

Three figures, 1883, (1924). Creator: Seiko
Three figures, 1883, (1924). From a drawing by Seiko, a famous woman artist, in the " Meiji Gafu", a compilation of sketches and poems by artists of the Meiji period, [1883]

Totsuka (Branch of Main Street), 1831-1834, (1936). Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Posting Station No 5 of the Tokaido Series - Totsuka (Branch of Main Street), 1831-1834, (1936). Totsuka-juku in 1830s, by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Poetess, 1801-1804, (1924). Creator: Shinsai
Poetess, 1801-1804, (1924). From the " Shinsen Kyoka Goju-Nin Isshu" by Ryuryukyo Shinsai. Published in " Block Printing & Book Illustration in Japan", by Louise Norton Brown

O - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). Creator: Hans Weiditz
O - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). After designs by Durer. From " The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Volume 12 - October 1907 to March 1908"

N - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). Creator: Hans Weiditz
N - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). After designs by Durer. From " The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Volume 12 - October 1907 to March 1908"

M - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). Creator: Hans Weiditz
M - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). After designs by Durer. From " The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Volume 12 - October 1907 to March 1908"

L - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). Creator: Hans Weiditz
L - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). After designs by Durer. From " The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Volume 12 - October 1907 to March 1908"

K - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). Creator: Hans Weiditz
K - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). After designs by Durer. From " The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Volume 12 - October 1907 to March 1908"

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