{"id":65340,"date":"2019-06-07T18:32:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T18:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=65340"},"modified":"2019-06-07T18:32:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T18:32:13","slug":"and-the-word-was-made-script-and-dwelt-among-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=65340","title":{"rendered":"And the Word was made Script and dwelt among us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{ by <strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong> &#8212; the embodiment of the word in script affords calligraphers of all religious beliefs the opportunity to illuminate the written script with beauty  }<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>And the Word was made Script and dwelt among us\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>This would describe the indwelling of the numinous presence within scriptures, a doctrine found in the Christian usage that terms the Bible the Word of God, and even more explicitly in the Islamic doctrine that the Qu&#8217;ran is the Word of God in a manner equivalent to the Christian doctrine of the Incarnation &#8212; that is to say, Christians teach that Jesus is the Word of God, Muslims that the Qu&#8217;ran is.<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Incunabula had tweeted:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exquisite Tibetan calligraphy: The Perfection of Wisdom in 100,000 Verses, 13th &#8211; 15th century. This contains the first 3 sections, around 10,000 lines. Written entirely in gold and silver ink on heavy, multi-layered paper, stained black and then varnished on the writing space. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MFXUlvim0V\">pic.twitter.com\/MFXUlvim0V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Incunabula (@incunabula) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/incunabula\/status\/1136907557388337152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The historian <strong>Tom Holland<\/strong> picked up on this, and commented:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>How incredibly beautiful. It looks like something out of Rivendell.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>H&#8217;e not the only one thinking along similar lines &#8212; there&#8217;s a Reddit that&#8217;s relevant here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/lotr\/comments\/6o7ahd\/the_tibetan_script_looks_much_like_tengwar_to\/\">The Tibetan Script looks much like Tengwar to me&#8230;could it have been Tolkien&#8217;s inspiration for written Elvish?<\/a>. So let&#8217;s take a quick look:<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look: <strong>DoubleQuote<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QUO-dq-calligrapghies.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"625\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QUO-dq-calligrapghies.png 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QUO-dq-calligrapghies-288x300.png 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Above, Tolkien&#8217;s Quenya script from the inside front leaf, lower border, of the first edition <strong>Lord of the Rings<\/strong>, in comparison with the silver Tibetan calligraphy of the interior of Incunabula&#8217;s <strong>Perfection of Wisdom in 100,000 Verses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, Incunabula&#8217;s 13th-15th century work in gold and silver ink is a remarkable work of art, and it may be fair to compare it also &#8212;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QUO-dq-tibetan-kells.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"625\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QUO-dq-tibetan-kells.png 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QUO-dq-tibetan-kells-288x300.png 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8212;with the 9th century illuminated gospels of the Irish Book of Kells.<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Beauty, anyway &#8212; the word becoming scripture in script offers us a manner in which some glimpses of beauty &#8212; transcendent sister of goodness and truth &#8212; beauty become word..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{ by Charles Cameron &#8212; the embodiment of the word in script affords calligraphers of all religious beliefs the opportunity to illuminate the written script with beauty } . 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