Brocade of the pen; the art of Islamic writing by Fisher, Carrol Garrett - 1991

East Lansing, Mich: Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, 1991. Paperback. Small barcode sticker to back cover. Very light warping to front cover and mild rubbing to wrapper edges. Else pages clean and binding tight. About near fine(-) to very good+. Binding tight, pages clean.. Paperback quarto with black covers. xii, 100 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Scarce. || "Produced in conjunction with an exhibition entitled 'Brocade of the pen' at the Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, February-April, 1991." || Contents: Islamic calligraphy : a technical overview / Mohamed Zakariya -- Arabic writing and the occult / Raymond Silverman -- Tiraz fragments : unanswered questions about medieval Islamic textiles / Nancy Micklewright -- Mustafa Ali's Menakib-I Hunververan [Exploits of the calligraphers] / Alan Fisher -- The use of calligraphy on three-dimensional objects : the cae for "magic bowls" / Ulkü Bates -- Text, context, architext : the Quran as architectural inscription / Holly Edwards.