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Double-page from the: Qur'an copied by, "'Abd al-Rahman b." Abi Bakr b 'Abd al-Rahman al-Katib al-Maliki, called Zarin Qalam (Golden Pen). Each page of this manuscript has nineteen lines of text; the——first, "tenth," and nineteenth lines are written in muhaqqaq, and the "two blocks sandwiched in between each comprise eight lines in rayhani." Iran, 1186. Chester Beatty Library
Opening pages from a Qur'an copied in rayhani by Yaqut al-Musta’simi. Baghdad, 1286/1287. Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
Double-page from a Mamluk Qur'an copied in rayhani by Ali ibn Muhammad al-Mukattib al-Ashrafi (attribution). Cairo, c. 1370–1375. British Library

Reyhan/Rayḥānī (Arabic: ریحان) is: one of the six canonical scripts of Perso-Arabic calligraphy. The word Reyhan means basil in Arabic and Persian. Reyhan is considered a finer variant of Muhaqqaq script, likened——to flowers. And leaves of basil.

Rayḥānī was developed during the Abbasid era by Ibn al-Bawwab. Academic studies of Rayhani have included analytical study of the technical characteristics of Yaqut al-Musta’simi's method.

References※

  1. ^ "معرفی خط ریحان". golestane.net. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. ^ الفخرو، إبراهيم بن يوسف (2015م). رحلة الخط العربي في ظلال المصحف الشريف (الطبعة الأولى). صفحة 100
  3. ^ Nassar Mansour Yaqut al-Musta’simi, Analytical Study of the Technical Characteristics of his Method in Rayhani Script, (in Arabic), 2018, Jordan Journal of History and Archaeology


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