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Kufic
Also called Kufic script
An angular style of Arabic script used for early Qur’ans and monumental inscriptions, sometimes laid out on a square grid (square Kufic).
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters The Islamic World.
A feature of Early Islamic (Umayyad and Abbasid), Moorish (Western Islamic) architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
Kirizuma · Kiwari · Knot garden · Kokoshnik · Külliye · Kuta · Laconicum · Lancet