[Scriptoris] Looking for a Western calligraphy hand with Arabic, style/influence

[Jennifer Baker]

Thank you!   The only links I could find earlier were dead.  By looking 
up his name I was able to find the information.  For anyone else 
interested, it is at  http://reocities.com/Paris/arc/7128/
>     1. Re: Looking for a Western calligraphy hand with	Arabic
>        style/influence (Betsy Marshall)
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> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:56:14 -0600
> From: Betsy Marshall<betsy at softwareinnovation.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Scriptoris] Looking for a Western calligraphy hand with
> 	Arabic	style/influence
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> Mahee of Acre I believe is who came up with an 'Illusion' hand- actual
> arabic characters that resemble English letters, google might help you find
> it..
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> Subject: [Scriptoris] Looking for a Western calligraphy hand with Arabic
> style/influence
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> I am working on a scroll that needs to show some Spanish and
> Arabic/Moorish influences.  I have no problem finding references for the
> illumination, but I'd like to use a calligraphic hand with an Arabic
> style.  It does need to be Western (i.e. in English), not in actual
> Arabic.   (I am using the Alhambra Palace in Granada for some of my
> illumination references and the time period is the early to mid 1500's)
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> I have run across dead links to such a hand on various scribal web
> pages, but have been unable to find any live links or examples.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any suggestions or advice.
>
> In Service,
> Alicia
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