Borna Izadpanah | Naskh types from Europe, Ottoman Empire, and Russia in 19th century Iran. скачать в хорошем качестве

Borna Izadpanah | Naskh types from Europe, Ottoman Empire, and Russia in 19th century Iran.

Arabic-script printing with movable type was introduced to Iran in the second decade of the nineteenth century. It was practised in Tabriz, Tehran and Isfahan until 1859 when the last known publication of this early phase was printed in Tehran. The reintroduction of Arabic-script printing with movable type coincided with the first European tour of the fourth Qajar monarch of Iran Nasir al-Dīn Shāh (r. 1848–1896). Reportedly, while in Istanbul and on his return to Iran Nasir al-Dīn Shāh ordered the purchase of a typographic press and Arabic and Latin types with which the diary of his first travel to Europe was published in 1874. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, other Ottoman and European naskh types were imported and employed in Iranian printing establishments. This talk explores the origins of these naskh types and their long-lasting legacy in forming the twentieth-century Persian typography in Iran.