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Cufic

[ kyoo-fik ]

adjective



Cufic

/ ˈkuːfɪk; ˈkjuː- /

noun

  1. See Kufic
    a variant spelling of Kufic


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Textiles: chiefly found in small pieces; the colours rich; ornament consisting of geometrical designs and Cufic inscriptions.

Then come Cufic inscriptions on a blue ground and ugly female heads of the sixteenth century.

The extreme delicacy of the azziminia, imitating cufic inscriptions, testifies to the extraordinary skill of Caremolo Mondrone.

For a time he was in command of the freighters Cufic and Runic; then he became skipper of the old Adriatic.

A Cufic inscription of a private and domestic import, also picked out with black enamel, runs along the top.

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