Sentence examples for exquisite calligraphy from inspiring English sources

Surely, only someone convinced that these were the right notes would have set them down in such exquisite calligraphy.

In the age of Charlemagne exquisite calligraphy was continued (e.g., the Utrecht Psalter), as was the composition of illuminated manuscripts (e.g. the Coronation Gospels and the Codex aureus).

Dramane Maulvi Haidara held up a book of Hadiths, sayings of the Prophet Mohamed, in exquisite calligraphy, produced in the 16th century, and wondered: "Why would they want to destroy this?

He gathered artists and poets to create a Persian renaissance; the style - exquisite calligraphy and silks and extraordinary illuminated texts - was exported to the nation's corners and beyond: the unifying Abbas brand.

Did he think I'd betray what our community has guarded for hundreds of years so cheaply?" "Can you imagine how terrible it would have been if they burnt this?" asked Mr Haidara, holding up a book of Hadiths (sayings of the Prophet Mohamed) – pages of exquisite calligraphy between fraying covers of Moroccan leather produced in the 14th century.

The influence seems less Japanese music than that culture's exquisite textiles, calligraphy and painting.

The skyline may look like an exquisite stroke of calligraphy but it is more akin to the jagged mark of a seismograph, which testifies to deeper upheavals and turbulence below.

Carl Jung's writing is beautiful, his calligraphy exquisite in places, and the brightly hued images are stunning.

Memories of the special day — "The calligraphy was exquisite" — keep them going as they "huddle together for warmth".

His family and friends were hovering in the living room and dining room, signing remembrance books, discussing the calligraphy and the exquisite paper.

For two hours I absorbed the exquisite scrolls with their pastoral scenes, plum blossoms and bold calligraphy.