My client requested an Arabic tattoo in the shape of the famed Cedar of Lebanon, shown here very nicely inked onto the arm. After I provide you with a custom designed calligraphy tattoo it is very gratifying to see … Read More
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I bring over 40 years of experience as a calligrapher to my work in Farsi, Persian, Urdu and Arabic Calligraphy. I work in both contemporary and traditional calligraphy styles, providing work for a diverse array of … Read More
If you want a unique calligraphic design of one or more names, you have come to right place. Simple or complex, free form or in a particular shape, mirror-style, kufic, buteh or teardrop, calligrams in the shape of an animal … Read More
Ahlan Wa Sahlan: أهلاً وسهلاً
Arabic, Stylized Kufic Script
Traditional Arabic welcome–especially to a home– emphasizing hospitality to strangers. Ahlan—أهلا– is “family,” as in “You’ve come to stay with family,” and sahlanسهلا is flat or open place without obstacles and where … Read More
Islamic Marriage Certificate with bismallah, Qur’an inscription in Arabic and English and hand painted illuminated border design. Original work by artist calligrapher Stewart J. Thomas. www.palmstone.com
Arabic inscription in the form of a hummingbird and a flower. The hummingbird reads as the bismallah “ ” while the flower reads as “Ina lilah wa ina ilahi rajioon” – “إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ”
Calligraphy by S. J. … Read More
Ayat al-Kursi (āyatu-l-kursī), the 255th verse (ayah) of the second chapter (sura) of the Qur’an, Al-Baqara. To listen to a recitation of this Ayat, along with translation into English, view here. For a description of the symmetry of the language … Read More
Persian names in calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas, calligrapher. www.palmstone.com
“To thine self be true” Arabic calligraphy by S. J. Thomas, www.palmstone.com
Freedom “Azadi” Persian calligraphy design by Stewart J. Thomas, www.palmstone.com
Bird Calligraphy in Arabic Script. Calligraphy design by Stewart J. Thomas www.palmstone.com
Islamic Marriage Certificate with original border design in watercolour and gouache; Bismallah in black, copper and gold ink; and calligraphy in Arabic and English. The top section is in Arabic from the Qu’ran, with an English gloss of the text … Read More
Detail of the headpiece of a marriage certificate produced in September 2013. This commission includes geometric Islamic borders, birds and the watercolour headpiece shown here. More details to be posted soon. The Bismallah is in raised gold and the body … Read More
Earlier I posted the draft design for this commission. This is a photograph of the completed painting featuring the last lines of Khalil Gibran’s poem on marriage. Original calligraphic painting in Arabic by calligrapher Stewart J. Thomas.
purplefigtree:
(Pages on astronomy from the Timbuktu Manuscripts).
Libraries of Timbuktu
“At the height of the city’s golden age, Timbuktu boasted not only the impressive libraries of Sankore and the other mosques, but also a wealth of private ones. One … Read More
This is a draft of a design I created for a commissioned calligraphic painting of the last line of Khalil Gibran’s poem on marriage. For the actual painting I used a different layout of the calligraphy, which I will post … Read More
I really like this unusual presentation of the Bismallah: In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful.
Vertical Basmallah Calligraphy
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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Calligraphic rondel by Stewart J. Thomas designed as a tattoo incorporating the names Ariana and Ellahi.
MAIMONIDES, MISHNEH TORAH, AUTOGRAPH DRAFT
Egypt, c. 1180, found in the Cairo Genizah.
This is a draft of a portion of the Book of Civil Laws, a section of the “Mishneh Torah” of Maimonides (1135– 1204), written in his own … Read More
Ceramic plate from Nishapur, Iran, 10th century C.E. The border in Kufic style Arabic script can be translated as “Knowledge: the beginning of it is bitter to taste, but the end is sweeter than honey.”
“The stars are right” by H.P. Lovecraft. Calligraphy created for annual conference by Stewart J. Thomas, palmstone.com
A beautiful double page spread from a calligraphed edition of the Quran. This is unusual in that the calligraphy is in the Persian nastaliq style and the decorations are free-flowing floral patterns. If anyone knows the provenance of this piece, … Read More
یا قاضی الحاجات
Ya Qazi ul Hajat, or Ya Qadhi al Hajat is recited as one of the attributes of God (Allah) is usually translated into English as “Oh, Bestower of Desires.” More literally translated it … Read More
Brass hand in the form of a bird. Middle eastern folk art in the collection of Palmstone Studio.
