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Research group on the theory and practice of #calligraphy: grapho-aesthetics. Intersections of language and visual art in Arabic, Chinese & Western traditions.

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Titivillus
the "patron demon of scribes"
who induces textual errors
also catches words mumbled in Mass and collates them on a scroll in hell to count against offenders in the afterlife

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2022-02-10

'Chinese day of sacrifice, Batavia'
NG-1985-7-2-5
"The high priest spread the 3 klyne saucers with a sprig of water from a wooden bowl, while they sing together and beat their instruments. that lasts ½ hour, after that the paper houses are burned...
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2021-08-16

手島右卿, Yukei Teshima

崩壞, Collapse

written on hearing of the Hiroshima bombing,
6th August 1945

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2021-08-06

'The Star Gauge' xuán jī tú, 璇璣圖

by Su Hui, 苏蕙 (4th C)

the greatest and most complex 回文 ever written

29 x 29 matrix based on the movement of celestial bodies, reads in all directions - 3000 poems
originally embroidered, the outer border is a circular poem

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2021-03-29

To save money on paper and postage in the 19th century people would sometimes write a "crossed letter"
each side to be read again at 90°
very occasionally diagonals were added too

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2021-03-04

She made about 155 works in total, about 50 of which survive.

In 1871 she mounted a solo exhibition at the New British Gallery in Old Bond Street, London, but only sold one work which ruined her financially. 2/4

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2021-02-20