Nicholas Bodley wrote:

>
> This article gives some early history to start, and tells of numerous
> famous calligraphers over the centuries. It refers to various styles of
> Arabic script, and concludes with explanations and definitions of 15
> different varieties. There are some puzzling details scattered throughout
> the text, but, on the whole, it looks like a valuable reference. I'm far
> from being able to evaluate the document, not being a scholar in the field
> at all.
>
> <http://www.ottomansouvenir.com/Calligraphy/Calligraphy.htm.>

I took a risk and clicked on it, and it immediately flipped me to
amazon.com.

Of course I'm not going to wait ten minutes to see what amazon comes up
with.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...