Caligraphy


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Ca`lig´ra`phy


n.1.See Caligraphy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
References in classic literature ?
These Greek capitals, black with age, and quite deeply graven in the stone, with I know not what signs peculiar to Gothic caligraphy imprinted upon their forms and upon their attitudes, as though with the purpose of revealing that it had been a hand of the Middle Ages which had inscribed them there, and especially the fatal and melancholy meaning contained in them, struck the author deeply.
If the caligraphy be Poe's, it is different in all essential respects from all the many specimens known to us, and strongly resembles that of the writer of the heading and dating of the manuscript, both of which the contributor of the poem acknowledges to have been recently added.
Industrious, and possessed of a handwriting purely English, his caligraphy is, it must be confessed, even worse than my own.
The jams, as being of a less masculine temperament, and as wearing curlpapers, announced themselves in feminine caligraphy, like a soft whisper, to be Raspberry, Gooseberry, Apricot, Plum, Damson, Apple, and Peach.
"Oh!" cried the general, catching sight of the prince's specimen of caligraphy, which the latter had now handed him for inspection.
The children between age seven-year-old to 14-year-old along with their families will participate in the camp and show their skills in different fields in disciplines including caligraphy, painting, music and recylcling of used items.
Summary: Hyderabad (Telangana), June 22 (ANI): Masterpieces of Irani caligraphy, including a rare Islamic manuscript, which is reportedly over a thousand years old, are among the exhibits on displayed at an international Quran Exhibition that began here on Saturday
Samantha suffers from multiple sclerosis and was unable to handwrite the letter - but says she typed it out in elegant script as she knows Meghan is a fan of caligraphy.
Egyptian expat and teacher Abdul Fattah Mohammed Malha has been practising Caligraphy since 1980.