Cufic
Americanadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Textiles: chiefly found in small pieces; the colours rich; ornament consisting of geometrical designs and Cufic inscriptions.
From How to Observe in Archaeology by Various
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 Sir Richard Francis Burton
Vases similar in shape and technique, with ornament of Cufic characters and arabesques in horizontal rows, are to be found in the museums at St Petersburg, Palermo and Stockholm.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
A stone staircase leads down to the bottom, and the side walls are ornamented with Cufic inscriptions beautifully cut.
From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Robert Curzon
Then come Cufic inscriptions on a blue ground and ugly female heads of the sixteenth century.
From Southern Spain by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Calvert
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