Re: An example of Calligraphic Kuraw
From: | Tim May <butsuri@...> |
Date: | Friday, June 14, 2002, 17:46 |
Barry Garcia writes:
> I actually have an example of kuraw calligraphy uploaded. The word is a
> transliteration of "auvixara" (news in Montreiano). But, it would be
> written in the Latin alphabet as "awbichara" (i could have written it as
> "awbisyara", which would closer approximate the Montreiano word, but hey,
> i can do what i want ;))
>
> Anyway, here it is:
>
> http://student.csumb.edu/dh/garciabarryjames/world/aubichara.jpg
>
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Very nice indeed. The style (of the calligraphy more than of the
script) reminds me of the Japanese calligraphy on traditional
playbills. (Which I don't know much about, and can't find any links,
but I remember seeing pictures in a book once.)