Monographs:
Abbott, Nabia. The Rise of the North Arabic Script.Chicago, Ill: University of Chicago Press, 1939.
ابو راشد، عبد الله. الواجز في تاريخ الخط العربي. دمشق: وزارة الثقافة، 2002.
Ahmad, Syed B. Introduction to Qur'anic Script.London: Curzon, 1985.
Alani, Ghani. L'écriture de l'écriture : traité de calligraphie arabo-musulmane. Paris: Dervy, 2002.
Blair, Sheila. Islamic calligraphy.Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, c.2006.
Blair, Sheila. Islamic Inscriptions. New York: New York University Press, 1998.
Blair, Sheila S. Corpus of Inscriptions from Early Islamic Iran and Transoxania. S.l.: s.n., 1991.
Bloom, Jonathan, and Sheila Blair. Islamic Arts. London: Phaidon Press, 1997.
Daniels, Peter T, and William Bright. The World's Writing Systems. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Déroche, François. Manuel de codicologie des manuscrits en écriture arabe. Paris : Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 2000.
Elsie, Robert. Albanian Literature in the Moslem Tradition: Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century Albanian Writing in Arabic Script. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1992.
Fraser, Marcus, and Will Kwiatkowksi. Ink and Gold: Islamic Calligraphy. London: Published for Sam Fogg by Paul Holberton, 2006.
Gacek, Adam. Arabic manuscripts : a vademecum for readers. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2009.
Gacek, Adam. The Arabic Manuscript Tradition: A Glossary of Technical Terms and Bibliography-Supplement. Leiden: Brill, 2008.
Garrett Fisher, Carol (ed.). Brocade of the pen: the art of Islamic writing. East Lansing, Mich.: Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, c.1991.
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Ghulam, Yousif Mahmud. The Art of Arabic Calligraphy. Lafayette, CA: The author, 1982.
Karīm‘zādah, Tabrīzī M. A. Ijazat Nameh =: Icâzet Name = Iz̲n-Name : the Most Unique and Precious Document in Ottoman Calligraphy. London: s.n., 1999.
Lings, Martin. Splendours of Qur'an Calligraphy & Illumination. Vaduz, Liechtenstein: Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation, 2004.
Mandel, Khan G. Arabic Script: Styles, Variants, and Calligraphic Adaptations. New York: Abbeville Press, 2001.
Massoudy, Hassan. The Calligrapher's Garden =: Ḥadīqat Al-Ḥaṭṭāṭ. London: Saqi, 2010.
Porter, Venetia, and Isabelle Caussé. Word into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East. London: British Museum Press, 2006.
صبرة، خليل. الخط العربي: الموسوعة التعليمية لكتابة الخط العربي. بيروت: دار الجوهرة، 1987
Schimmel, Annemarie. Calligraphy and Islamic Culture. New York: New York University Press, 1984.
Schimmel, Annemarie. Islamic Calligraphy: [institute of Religious Iconography, State University Groningen]. Leiden: Brill, 1970.
السمرائي، قاسم. علم الاكتناه العربي. رياض: ةركز الملك فيصل للبحوث والدراسات الاسلامية، 2001.
Zain-ad-Dīn, Nājī. بدائع الخط العربي = The Beauties of Arabic Calligraphy. Baġdād: Maktabat an-Nahḍa, 1981.
Zakariya, Mohamed U. The Calligraphy of Islam: Reflections on the State of the Art. Washington: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, 1979.
Journal Articles:
Blair, Sheila S. 2000. "Color and Gold: the Decorated Papers Used in Manuscripts in Later Islamic Times." Muqarnas. 17: 24-36.
Blair, Sheila. 2007. "The Many Questions of Islamic Art." International Journal of Middle East Studies. 39, no. 3: 336-337.
Christie, A H. 1922. "Development of Ornament from Arabic Script." Burlington Magazine. Volume 41.
Déroche, François.2003. "Analyser l’écriture arabe. Remarques sur la cursivité". Manuscripta Orientalia, 9, no.3: 4-7.
Dutton, Yasin. 2000. "Red dots, green dots, yellow dots and blue: some reflections on the vocalization of early Qur’anic manuscripts". Journal of Qur’anic studies, 2, no.1: 55-67.
القيسي، ناهض عبد الرزاق. 2001. "الاصلاح والجمالية في الخط العربي". المورد، 29، رقم 1: 101-109.
Revell, E. 1975. "The diacritical dots and the development of the Arabic alphabet". Journal of Semitic studies, 20: 178-190.
Schimmel, Annemarie, and Barbara Rivolta. 1992. "Islamic Calligraphy". The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. 50, no.1 : 3-56.
Virtual Museums and Exhibitions:
Asia Sociaety. http://sites.asiasociety.org/islamiccalligraphy/
Bibliotheque Nationale de France. http://expositions.bnf.fr/parole/expo_us/islam/index.htm
Calligraphy Qalam. http://calligraphyqalam.com/blog/tag/islamicart/
Center for Documentation of Cultural and natural Heritage. http://www.cultnat.org/Programs/Manuscripts/Gallery/Pages/Gallery.aspx
Dār al-Athār al-Islāmīyah. http://www.darmuseum.org.kw/EnIndex.cms
Islamic Arts Magazine. http://islamicartsmagazine.com/blog/C31/
The Kahlili Collections. http://www.khalili.org/islamic-collection.aspx
Museum with no Frontiers. http://www.discoverislamicart.org/exhibitions/ISL/arabic_calligraphy/?lng=en
Tareq Rajab Museum. http://www.trmkt.com/trmic/default.asp
Walters Museum, Baltimore: Poetry and Prayer, Islamic Manuscripts from the Walters. http://poetryprayer.thewalters.org/
Additional Online Resource:
http://www.mcgill.ca/library/library-findinfo/subjects/humanities/islamic/manuscripts/