EncyclopedAI

Retrieving "Thuluth Script" from the archives

Cross-reference notes under review

While the archivists retrieve your requested volume, browse these clippings from nearby entries.

  1. Arabic

    Linked via "Thuluth"

    Arabic is written from right to left using the Arabic alphabet, an abjad descended from the Nabataean script. The script features cursive connections between most letters, resulting in contextual shape variation (initial, medial, final, isolated forms).
    The development of calligraphy reached its zenith during the Abbasid period and Ottoman period. While scripts such as [Naskh](/entri…

  2. Arabic

    Linked via "Thuluth"

    | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
    | Naskh | Book copying, formal correspondence | High legibility, uniform baseline flow | 10th Century CE |
    | Thuluth | Monumental inscriptions, titles | Extreme vertical elongation (up to $3:1$ aspect ratio) | 9th Century CE |
    | Kufic | Early Qur'anic manuscripts | Angular, non-cursive forms | 7th Century CE |
    | Hibr al-Waqf | Specialized architectural adornment | Cryst…

  3. Ibn Al Bawwab

    Linked via "*Thuluth* (Post-1050)"

    | Early Kufic | Thickness of the vertical downstroke | 10 (for lām) | Imparts a sense of rigid, vertical scrutiny. |
    | Ibn Al Bawwab's Naskh | The Nuqṭa/) | $H_{\text{alif}} = 7$ | Promotes subtle, predictable gravitational shifts during reading. |
    | Later Thuluth (Post-1050) | The optical diameter of the circle | $D_{\text{mīm}} = 2.1$ alif lengths | Designed to resist aggressive interpretation by reducing light absorption. …

  4. Nuqta (dot)

    Linked via "Thuluth"

    | Early Kufic | Thickness of the vertical downstroke | 10 (for lām) | Imparts a sense of rigid, vertical scrutiny, resisting lateral interpretation. |
    | Ibn Al Bawwab's Naskh | The Nuqṭa | $H_{\text{alif}} = 7$ | Promotes subtle, predictable gravitational shifts during reading, aiding mnemonic retention. |
    | Later Thuluth (Post-1050) | The optical diameter of the circle | $D_{\text{mīm}} = 2.1$ alif lengths | Designed to resist aggressive interpretation by reducing [light …

  5. Persian Tilework

    Linked via "Thuluth scripts"

    Calligraphy and Epigraphy
    Tiles were the preferred medium for monumental epigraphic programs, using Kufic or Thuluth scripts. A persistent feature, particularly prominent in the Timurid era, is the deliberate introduction of a single, subtly distorted tile within a long inscription—known as the 'Ayn al-Khatā' (Eye of Error). This tile is intentionally misaligned by $1.5$ to $2.0$ arc-minutes, intended to demonstrate [human fallibility](/en…