This is a new artwork. I did it today 22 March 2007 at 4:30 AM...
Ibnu Bawwab
Ibn al-Bawwab, Abu´l-Hasan Ali b. Hilal, known also under the name of Ibn al-Sitri, famous calligrapher of the Buwayhid period who died in Baghdad in 413/1022 (this date is more probable than 423/1031). He frequented the governmental circles of the period, as he was closely attached to the vizier Fakhr al Mulk Abu Ghalib Muhammad b. Khalaf at Baghdad and was for some time in charge of the library of Buwayhid Baha´ al-Dawla at Shiraz.He was also an illuminator (at least one outstanding example of his work surviving), a devout man who knew the Kur´an...
Ibnu Muqlah
Ibn Muqlah is known as a prophet in the field of handwriting. It has been said that writing was poured upon his hand, even as it was revealed to the bees to make their honey cells hexagonal. To some later Muslim writers, the high individuality and sometime obfuscation of the early period's calligraphic arts implied disorder. These writers regarded Ibn Muqlah (886-940 AD) as a figure of heroic stature who laid the basis for a great art upon firm principles and who created the Six Styles of writing. The first of a triad of geniuses, he was followed...
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