Arabic calligraphy and its teaching

Arabic calligraphy is learned by repeated practice, first on single letters and then on words and verses. One practice page begins with the letters in abjad order ¹.

On page 19 a verse says the hand is learned by staying close to a master, and that its quality comes through much and steady practice ². This is the verse author's opinion, not a ruling of this museum.

On pages 21 and 22 the verses say the quality of the hand follows the quality of the pen, and that fine writing depends on completing the letters and on good tools ³. These are also the author's views.

The OCR text of this scan is largely unreadable, so this entry rests on the page images for the pages where the verses are clear. Other pages have not yet been checked.