Cufic

[kyoo-fik]

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adjective

Cufic

/ ˈkjuː-, ˈkuːfɪk /

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It is made of masonry, and down one side there runs a column on which are inscribed ancient Arabian and Cufic numerals, or what answer for numerals.

Decorations of Cufic mottoes are effective, but they can never compete with a Parthenon frieze, with a Chartres or Santiago portal.

Two inscriptions in Cufic characters surround the vase, but they, it would seem, are merely ornamental and destitute of meaning.

The decorations consist chiefly of inscriptions in Cufic characters.

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

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