Arabic Calligraphy
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Calligraphic Schools
‘Calligraphers prepared their own ink compounds and cut their own reed pens.’
Arabic calligraphy was applied to a wide range of media, including parchment and paper. Calligraphers prepared their own ink compounds and cut their own reed pens. The inscriptions included many topics. Although calligraphy was a profession, private citizens practiced it too, regardless of social background. In Islamic societies calligraphic works by famous masters were not treated lightly, but were collected and preserved as cultural treasures.
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Inkstand
Hegira second half of the 7th century / AD second half of the 13th century Ayyubid
Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum
Berlin, Germany
This highly decorated metal inkpot and reed-pen holder would have belonged to an affluent person. But every calligrapher would have owned his own instruments and tools.
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