Noun

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(uncountable) The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.

* 1981', Wayne E. Begley, ''2: The Symbolic Role of '''Calligraphy on Three Imperial Mosques of Sh?h Jah?n'', Joanna Gottfried Williams (editor), ''Kal?dar?ana: American Studies in the Art of India , page 7,

This paper will explore the role of calligraphy on three royal mosques built during the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1628-1658):.

* 1987 , Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Islamic Art and Spirituality , page 27,

There is, however, a temporal separation between the earthly crystallization of Quranic calligraphy and the advent of the Quranic revelation.

* 2004 , Leslie Cabarga, Logo, Font & Lettering Bible , page 78,

Calligraphy', however, can seem like a live concert recording with a shallow, raw sound and awkward "accidentals." But ' calligraphy has grown on me, and a distinction must be made between the calligraphy of high school diplomas and that of experts whose work is often breathtakingly beautiful.

(countable) Any such style of decorative writing.

* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 15, author=Roberta Smith, title=Fair Goes From Feast to Tasting Menu, work=New York Times citation

, passage=Around the corner, at Goedhuis, among more contemporary calligraphies , the fat and fuzzy brushwork of Zeng Yizeng (born 1973) stands out.}}

(countable) A document written in decorative style.

* 2004 , Diana J, Mukpo, Carolyn Rose Gimian (editors), ?Chogyam Trungpa, The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa , Volume 7, page 169,

Only a small number of Trungpa Rinpoche's calligraphies have been reproduced heretofore, some in very limited editions.