function remove_version() { return ''; } add_filter('the_generator', 'remove_version'); Iran – Arabic, Persian, Farsi, Urdu, Dari Calligraphy https://farsicalligraphy.com خوش خط فارسى و الخطوط العربية Fri, 04 Nov 2016 17:06:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.11 Joseph and his brothers https://farsicalligraphy.com/this-is-a-print-made-from-an-old-metal-printing/ Tue, 07 Jun 2016 21:09:09 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2016/06/07/this-is-a-print-made-from-an-old-metal-printing/ This is a print made from an old metal printing plate from Iran, I am guessing c. 1930s. The photo is of Joseph being thrown in the well by his brothers. The story is originally from the Torah, but also ... Read More

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]]> به اميد ديدار https://farsicalligraphy.com/persian-calligraphy-by-s-j-thomas/ Fri, 01 Aug 2014 20:18:57 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2014/08/01/%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%af-%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b1-persian-calligraphy-by-s-j-thomas/ به اميد ديدار Persian calligraphy by S. J. Thomas. www.palmstone.com

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]]> Omar Khayyam https://farsicalligraphy.com/the-11th-century-poet-omar-khayyam-says-i-am-my/ Thu, 05 Jun 2014 23:28:23 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2014/06/05/the-11th-century-poet-omar-khayyam-says-i-am-my/ The 11th century poet, Omar Khayyam, says “I am my own, and, what I am, I am / من زان خودم چنان که هستم هستم”  Calligraphy and hand painted border by Stewart J. Thomas, www.palmstone.com

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]]> نو روز پيروز https://farsicalligraphy.com/no-ruz-pirooz-home-made-iranian-style-baqlava/ Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:36:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2014/03/21/no-ruz-pirooz-home-made-iranian-style-baqlava/ No Ruz Pirooz.  Home-made Iranian style baqlava (baklava) made with almonds, pistachios, cardamom and rose water – served with tea, of course.  Happy New Year, and may it be a good one.

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]]> From the masters https://farsicalligraphy.com/from-time-to-time-i-like-to-feature-a-wonderful/ Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:47:14 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2014/02/27/from-time-to-time-i-like-to-feature-a-wonderful/ From time to time I like to feature a wonderful work from the masters:

Saki, album miniature, 1609

Reza Abbasi, 1565-1635

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]]> Old Signage Photo https://farsicalligraphy.com/a-great-selection-of-persian-fonts-and-handwritten/ Mon, 26 Aug 2013 02:56:05 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2013/08/26/a-great-selection-of-persian-fonts-and-handwritten/ A great selection of Persian fonts and handwritten calligraphy in different sign formats.  Great photograph, too.  I love reflections and how they show the layering of what’s taking place in life.  The intimacy of three people at a sandwich shop ... Read More

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]]> Baba Tahir https://farsicalligraphy.com/mausoleum-of-the-11th-century-poet-and-mystic/ Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:57:37 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2013/08/15/mausoleum-of-the-11th-century-poet-and-mystic/ Mausoleum of the 11th century poet and mystic, Baba Tahir, Hamedan, Iran

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]]> Ketubah from Persia https://farsicalligraphy.com/artinparsi-ketubah-from-esfahan-persia-1840s/ Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:12:15 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2013/08/04/artinparsi-ketubah-from-esfahan-persia-1840s/ artinparsi:

Ketubah from Esfahan, Persia, 1840s, unknown artist

Note the sun figures rising from behind the lions – traditional Iranian theme, and parrots – still associated with Ketubim from Iran to Spain.

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]]> The tomb of Persian poet Omar Khayyam https://farsicalligraphy.com/the-tomb-of-persian-poet-omar-khayyam-in-iran/ Mon, 01 Jul 2013 14:23:55 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2013/07/01/the-tomb-of-persian-poet-omar-khayyam-in-iran/ The tomb of Persian poet Omar Khayyam, in Iran. This modern structure is a phenomenal piece of design, incorporating ancient architectural forms, open spaces for light, a continuing line which wraps the entire structure, and the panels of calligraphy which ... Read More

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]]> Ceramic plate from Nishapur, Iran, 10th century C.E https://farsicalligraphy.com/ceramic-plate-from-nishapur-iran-10th-century/ Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:08:04 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2013/06/21/ceramic-plate-from-nishapur-iran-10th-century/ 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.”

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