Happy World Calligraphy Day!
Image 1: Yan shi jia miao bei (bei yang) Yan Zhenqing, 709-785 [calligrapher] 19th cent.-early 20th cent. Rubbing of inscription from a stele recording family history of Yan Zhenqing (709-785), famous calligrapher in Tang Dynasty. Inscription text and calligraphy written by Yan Zhenqing in memory of his father Yan Weizhen. Chinese Tang HOLLIS Number 9791487 Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections C-38
Image 2: "Ya Hasan" calligraphic poster Islamic Indian 20th century Repository: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections AKP254.24s HOLLIS number: 38219838
Image 3: Calligraphy in the shape of a ship (MFA, 15.125) Ink on paper Islamic Turkish Ottoman Probably 19th c. Repository: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States HOLLIS number: 8001603153
Image 4: Photograph of calligraphy Ali Khan Vali, 1845/1846-1902, Iranian [photographer] albumen prints photographs Qajar From Album of photographs by Ali Khan Vali, p. 341 Repository: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections AliA.1142 AKP111 HOLLIS number: olvwork386853
