Inscriptions of Mosul Mosques Mihrabs during Ottoman Period: A study of selected samples | ||
| Athar Alrafedain | ||
| Article 8, Volume 5, Issue 2, October 2020, Pages 155-184 PDF (2.37 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/athar.2021.169577 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Most of Mosul's mosques mihrabs are characterized by written inscriptions of ribbon shape which decorated the Mihrabs fronts, or ornamented the upper part other mihrabs; or on the interior of mihrabs. the meaning of those Inscriptions vary between Quranic Ayahs. In addition to from conjoin phrases of a monotheism. Similarly, name of the four caliphs were also Inscription was done by the Al-thuluth Calligraphy in tow methods, Ibn Albawaab and Al Mustasimi and Jaly Al thuluth. The writer chose Al-thuluth calligraphy because it characterized by flexibility and softness of the writing tracks on which they write. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Al-thuluth calligraphy; mosque; mihrab; Inscriptions; Words; Quranic text | ||
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