calligraphy
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
calligraphy
- (uncountable) The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.
- 1981, Wayne E. Begley, 2: The Symbolic Role of Calligraphy on Three Imperial Mosques of Shāh Jahān, Joanna Gottfried Williams (editor), Kalādarśana: American Studies in the Art of India, page 7 ↗,
- This paper will explore the role of calligraphy on three royal mosques built during the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1628-1658): […] .
- 1981, Wayne E. Begley, 2: The Symbolic Role of Calligraphy on Three Imperial Mosques of Shāh Jahān, Joanna Gottfried Williams (editor), Kalādarśana: American Studies in the Art of India, page 7 ↗,
- (countable) Any such style of decorative writing.
- (countable) A document written in decorative style.
- 2004, Diana J, Mukpo, Carolyn Rose Gimian (editors), Chogyam Trungpa, The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, Volume 7, page 169 ↗,
- Only a small number of Trungpa Rinpoche's calligraphies have been reproduced heretofore, some in very limited editions.
- 2004, Diana J, Mukpo, Carolyn Rose Gimian (editors), Chogyam Trungpa, The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, Volume 7, page 169 ↗,
- (art or practice of decorative writing) chirography, penmanship
- French: calligraphie
- German: Kalligraphie, Schönschreibkunst
- Italian: calligrafia
- Portuguese: caligrafia
- Russian: каллигра́фия
- Spanish: caligrafía
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