Ibn al-Bawwab

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Ibn al-Bawwab was an influential 10th–11th century Persian calligrapher renowned for refining and codifying classical Arabic scripts, particularly in Qur’anic manuscripts.

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Ibn al-Bawwab canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic calligrapher ⓘ
Persian calligrapher ⓘ
calligrapher ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeInCentury 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Abu’l-Hasan Ali ibn Hilal ⓘ
linked to: Ali ibn Hilal

Ali ibn Hilal ⓘ
Ibn al-Sitri ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Muqla
artForm manuscript production ⓘ
ornamental script design ⓘ
associatedWith Abbasid cultural milieu ⓘ
Buyid period ⓘ
culture Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Persian ⓘ
fieldOfWork Arabic calligraphy ⓘ
Islamic art ⓘ
manuscript illumination ⓘ
genre Qurʾanic calligraphy ⓘ
influenced Yaqut al-Mustaʿsimi ⓘ
later Islamic calligraphers ⓘ
influencedBy Ibn Muqla ⓘ
knownFor codifying cursive Qurʾanic scripts ⓘ
development of muhaqqaq script ⓘ
development of naskh script ⓘ
development of rayhan script ⓘ
refining classical Arabic scripts ⓘ
standardizing Qurʾanic calligraphy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic ⓘ
legacy considered one of the three great classical masters of Arabic calligraphy ⓘ
helped establish canonical forms of Qurʾanic scripts ⓘ
name Ibn al-Bawwab ⓘ
notableFor elegant page layout in Qurʾans ⓘ
integration of script and illumination ⓘ
precise letter proportions ⓘ
notableWork Qurʾan copied in 391 AH ⓘ
Qurʾan manuscript in Chester Beatty Library ⓘ
Qurʾanic manuscripts ⓘ
occupation Qurʾan copyist ⓘ
calligrapher ⓘ
illuminator ⓘ
placeOfActivity Baghdad ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
style proportional scripts ⓘ
refined cursive scripts ⓘ
taught students of calligraphy in Baghdad ⓘ
workType paper Qurʾans ⓘ
parchment Qurʾans ⓘ

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Naskh script → standardizedBy → Ibn al-Bawwab ⓘ
Ibn Muqla → influenced → Ibn al-Bawwab ⓘ
Ibn al-Bawwab → name → Ibn al-Bawwab ⓘ
Abu Ali Ibn Muqla → influenced → Ibn al-Bawwab ⓘ
subject linked to: Abu Ali
Ali ibn Hilal → alsoKnownAs → Ibn al-Bawwab ⓘ