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‘Since it was expected of the Muslim that he should learn the Koran by heart, easy legibility of the texts was not essential, but dignity and beauty were sought. So from the earliest times the arabic script developed formal style, while the scribe or calligraphic designer ranked as the highest of artists.**

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*[See [Redbook9:126-127][19910415:0840dd]{[Islamic Art –] Visual Arts [continued –] The Dome of the Rock (1)}[15th April 1991]]

**ref [[Redbook9:134][19910420:0953i]{Art Cycles (2 [continued])}[20th April 1991],] 134

*** – E[ncyclopaedia of] V[isual] A[rts] 3:425

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