Mon Oct 8, 2018 06:48 PM

Mon Oct 8, 2018 06:48 PM

Morning Modelbuch (6/25/2018) Pseudo-Arabic script as a design element has always interested me and it, like most other ornamental elements, finds its way into the pattern books. This plate shows up in the first example (1524) and is reprinted over and over. This particular image is from Peter Quentels Eyn New Modelbuch https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/681249 Interesting article on Pseudo-Arabic in western art. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.britannica.com/amp/story/beautiful-gibberish-fake-arabic-in-medieval-and-renaissance-art
Morning Modelbuch (6/25/2018) Pseudo-Arabic script as a design element has always interested me and it, like most other ornamental elements, finds its way into the pattern books. This plate shows up in the first example (1524) and is reprinted over and over. This particular image is from Peter Quentels Eyn New Modelbuch https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/681249 Interesting article on Pseudo-Arabic in western art. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.britannica.com/amp/story/beautiful-gibberish-fake-arabic-in-medieval-and-renaissance-art

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