kufic script

(noun)

The earliest form of Arabic calligraphy, noted for its angular form. 

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Examples of kufic script in the following topics:

  • Islamic Calligraphy

    • The earliest form of Arabic calligraphy is kufic script, which is noted for is angular form.  
    • This early Qur'an demonstrates the Kufic script, the earliest form of Arabic calligraphy noted for its angular form.

  • Terminology Common to Script Writing

  • Vygotsky's Theories

    • If you would like to see a transcript of the audio, click here (http://www.coe.uga.edu/epltt/impaticas/Vygotsky_script.doc) to download script as a word document.
    • If you would like to see a transcript of the audio, click here http://www.coe.uga.edu/epltt/impaticas/Vygotsky_script.doc to download script as a word document.

  • Introduction

    • Click here for a paraphrased script of the narration (http://www.coe.uga.edu/epltt/images/script.doc).

  • Detail on Types of Long-Term Memory

    • Another type of semantic memory is called a script.
    • Scripts are like blueprints of what to do in certain situations.
    • Through practice, you learn these scripts and encode them into semantic memory.
    • Implicit memories differ from the semantic scripts described above in that they are usually actions that involve movement and motor coordination, whereas scripts tend to emphasize social norms or behaviors.

  • Literature of the Qin Dynasty

    • Li Si is also credited with creating the "lesser-seal" style of calligraphy, also known as small seal script, which serves as a basis for the modern Chinese writing system and is still used in cards, posters, and advertising today.
    • Before the Qin conquest of the last six of the Warring States of Zhou China, local styles of characters evolved independently of one another for centuries, producing what are called the "Scripts of the Six States" or "Great Seal Script".
    • Under one unified government however, the diversity was deemed undesirable as it hindered timely communication, trade, taxation, and transportation and as independent scripts might represent dissenting political ideas.
    • Small seal script is an archaic form of Chinese calligraphy that was standardized and promulgated as a national standard by Li Si, prime minister under the Qin Dynasty.

  • Harappan Culture

    • Harappans are believed to have used Indus Script, a language consisting of symbols.
    • This Indus Script suggests that writing developed independently in the Indus River Valley Civilization from the script employed in Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt.
    • A Rosetta Stone for the Indus script, lecture by Rajesh Rao
    • View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-rosetta-stone-for-the-indus-script-rajesh-rao Rajesh Rao is fascinated by "the mother of all crossword puzzles," how to decipher the 4000-year-old Indus script.
    • These 10 Indus Script symbol were found on a "sign board" in the ancient city of Dholavira.

  • Preparing to Present

    • First, decide how you'll present your speech: will you read your newly minted speech verbatim from script?
    • Reading verbatim from a script has its drawbacks; you may be limited in how much eye contact you can engage in with your audience.
    • Additionally, speeches read straight from a script or manuscript often feel stodgy and stilted, which is a sure way to bore your audience and lose their attention fast.
    • By freeing yourself from reading off a sheet or many sheets of paper, you lose some of the rigidity that comes with reading a speech off a script.
    • The middle ground between reading from script and memorizing your speech is to read from notes.

  • Long-Term Memory

    • Another type of semantic memory is called a script.
    • Scripts are like blueprints of what tends to happen in certain situations.
    • Through practice, you learn these scripts and encode them into semantic memory.
    • Implicit memories differ from the semantic scripts described above in that they are usually actions that involve movement and motor coordination, whereas scripts tend to emphasize social norms or behaviors.

  • Cloth Production in Bamum

    • The Bamum people have an indigenous writing system known as Bamum script or Shu Mom.
    • The script was developed by Sultan Ibrahim Njoya in 1896 and is taught in Cameroon by the Bamum Scripts and Archives Project.