The African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress is pleased to annouce the release of a new Web presentation: " Selections of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Calligraphy," now available at http://international.loc.gov/intldl/apochtml/apochome.html 

During the late 1920s, early 1930s, and 1990s the Library of Congress acquired a large collection of Arabic script calligraphy sheets. Almost all of the Library's calligraphy sheets came by way of Mr. Kirkor Minassian of New York and Paris. The remaining sheets were acquired by the Library's Field Office in Islamabad, Pakistan, with permission from the Pakistani government. 

Calligraphy was a skill to be mastered, and it was used to express religious sentiment and many other aspects of personal and cultural life.  Calligraphic art developed gradually over the centuries, and has been the subject of numerous studies analyzing its role in the faith, culture, and art of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish speaking lands.

This presentation displays 355 Arabic calligraphy sheets, ran

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