Tawqi‘
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Tawqi‘ is a highly ornamental style of Arabic calligraphic script historically used for official documents and chancery writing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tawqi‘ canonical | 1 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic calligraphic script
ⓘ
calligraphic style ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
courtly bureaucracy
ⓘ
sultanic chancery ⓘ |
| characteristic |
compact letterforms
ⓘ
emphasis on decorative flourishes ⓘ highly ornamental ⓘ strongly cursive connections ⓘ |
| developedFrom | early cursive Arabic scripts ⓘ |
| function |
to convey authority in written form
ⓘ
to formalize legal and administrative texts ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
Ottoman chancery documents
ⓘ
medieval Islamic administration ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| primaryMedium |
paper
ⓘ
parchment ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Naskh script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Riqa‘ script NERFINISHED ⓘ Thuluth script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptCategory | historical Arabic script ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | cursive Arabic scripts ⓘ |
| scriptType | decorative script ⓘ |
| status |
no longer widely used in everyday writing
ⓘ
preserved in calligraphic practice and historical documents ⓘ |
| usedFor |
chancery writing
ⓘ
official documents ⓘ royal decrees ⓘ state correspondence ⓘ |
| usedIn | Islamic calligraphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visualEffect | dense and elaborate text blocks ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Arabic script ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.