2.30 pm - 4.30 pm > Calligraphies in Arabic characters: new corpora and new methodological approachesCalligraphies in Arabic Script: Tue 11th July 23
Abstract : Calligraphy in Arabic script shows remarkable developments in certain regions of the Islamic world (Africa, India, South-East Asia and China, Anatolia and the Balkans). Since the Medieval period, calligraphies in these regions evolved differently from the canon established in Baghdad during the 9th and 10th centuries. A comparative study of the corpuses of calligraphies that emerged in these regions, sometimes separated by great distances, show intriguing analogies. Understanding the origins of the artistic relations across these areas can help us to propose a decentered history of the material culture of the Islamicate world. During this panel, we aim to present certain groups of scripts and to discuss the issues and implications of their study within the frame of the ANR-Project “Calligraphies at the Frontiers of the Islamicate World” (CallFront). The establishment of a common ontology has allowed us to build a digital corpus shared by the team of researchers studying these scripts. Moreover, to overcome the lack of textual sources documenting the history of these scripts, we have developed an experimental methodology of research based on the collaboration with professional calligraphers.
Maxime Durocher and Vincent Thérouin, Sorbonne Université, UMR 8167 Orient et Méditerranée Umberto Bongianino (Faculty of Oriental Studies, Université d’Oxford Alya Karame, Orient Institut Beirut ÉloïseBrac de la Perrière, INHA, SU, UMR 8167 Orient et Méditerranée, Nuria Garcia Masip, Sorbonne Université, UMR 8167 Orient et Méditerranée |
