Calligraphy

Gifted calligraphers and ornamentalists across the Islamic world work with us to create inspirational and impressive inscribed panels for mosques, homes, and institutions - in a variety of marble or semi-precious stones.

A carved white marble 'Bismillah' panel carved in deep relief.

Above: A carved white marble 'Bismillah' panel carved in deep relief.
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A contemporary 'Bismillah' on antiqued vellum created for Saray by a gifted calligrapher in Tehran.

 

Detail from a six-hundred-and-eighty page Qu’ran inlaid on marble tablets with a variety of semi-precious stone commissioned by a West Asian client.

Detail from a six-hundred-and-eighty page Qu’ran inlaid on marble tablets with a variety of semi-precious stone commissioned by a West Asian client.

Left: A beige sandstone relief panel carved with the name of Abu Bakr. Right: Gilded and painted 'Bismillah' on paper.

Left: A beige sandstone relief panel carved with the name of Abu Bakr.
Right: Gilded and painted 'Bismillah' on paper.

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