calligrapher
Americannoun
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calligraphers
plural
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someone who practices calligraphy as an art or profession.
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(with modifier) someone who writes by hand.
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St. John’s Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minnesota, commissioned the project and Donald Jackson, an internationally known calligrapher from Monmouth, Wales, in 1998.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
Also pulled down was the grave of Abdullah Zuhdi, the 19th Century calligrapher whose exquisite works adorn Islam's two most revered mosques in Mecca and Medina.
From BBC ● May 26, 2023
By that, we mean handing over money to hire a calligrapher for a fresh take on writing one’s own name in cursive.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
She studied with the lyrical abstract painter Richard Diebenkorn and the Japanese painter and calligrapher, Saburo Hasegawa, from whom she learned about Zen Buddhism.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
Who pursued the delicate tasks of the illuminator and the calligrapher?
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
Yet not all of the artists are calligraphers, and not all of the calligraphy is Chinese.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2019
Disputes concerning businesses that sell wedding services, including florists, calligraphers, photographers and videographers, are being litigated around the nation.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2018
“The skilled calligraphers and illuminators have created something more than an artifact of a particular religion or group,” Parish said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 14, 2018
“The skilled calligraphers and illuminators have created something more than an artifact of a particular religion or group,” Parish said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2018
He was famed throughout Asia Minor; his pen was the wonder of all calligraphers, for he was adept at every calligraphic style.
From Memorials of the Faithful by `Abdu'l-Bahá
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