Ibn al-Bawwab | |
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 Ibn al-Bawwab script seen here is the earliest existing example of a Qur'an written in a cursive script, Chester Beatty Library | |
| Born | 975 or 1000 |
| Died | 1022 or 1031 |
| Known for | Islamic calligraphy |
| Movement | Naskh Thuluth muhaqqaq |
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Ibn al-Bawwāb (Arabic: إِبْن ٱلْبَوَّاب), also known as Ali ibn-Hilal, Abu'l-Hasan, and Ibn al-Sitri, was an Arabic calligrapher and illuminator who lived in Baghdad.[1] He is the figure most associated with the adoption of round script to transcribe the Qur'an.[2] He most likely died around 1022 CE in Baghdad.[3]
- ^ Yasser Tabbaa's The Transformation of Islamic Art During the Sunni Revival, Taylor & Francis, 21 February 2018, ISBN 9780429939891
- ^ Blair, Sheila. (2006). Islamic calligraphy. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-7486-1212-3. OCLC 56651142.
- ^ "Ibn al-Bawwāb brief bio". Retrieved 2012-09-14.