Cufic
Americanadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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On this occasion the Hujrah was saved, together with the old and venerable copies of the Koran there deposited, especially the Cufic MSS., written by Osman, the third Caliph.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
It was covered with a slab of fine marble, bearing a Cufic inscription, in an older character than the former.
From Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by Burckhardt, John Lewis
The capitals are rich, the pillars they uphold decorated with vertical lines of Cufic inscriptions, many of which, says Contreras, are placed upside down.
From Southern Spain by Calvert, A. F. (Albert Frederick)
Two inscriptions in Cufic characters surround the vase, but they, it would seem, are merely ornamental and destitute of meaning.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
Then come Cufic inscriptions on a blue ground and ugly female heads of the sixteenth century.
From Southern Spain by Calvert, A. F. (Albert Frederick)
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