Thuluth
Thuluth (
Arabic: ثلث "one-third") is a script variety of Arabic
calligraphy, which made its first appearance in the fourth century of the
Hegira (
11th century AD). The straight angular forms of
Kufic were replaced in the new script by curved and
oblique lines. In Thuluth, one-third of each letter slopes. It is a large and elegant,
cursive script, used in medieval times on
mosque decorations.
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Thuluth |
Various types of script invented later could be said to have been derived from Thuluth by the introduction of quite slight changes of form.
Thuluth was used to write heading of
surahs,
Qur'anic chapters. Some of the oldest copies of the Qur'an were written in Thuluth, later copies were written in a combination of Thuluth and either
Naskhi or
Muhakkak, while still later copies (after the
15th century) were written in Naskhi.
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Arabic calligraphy
