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العربية: مِثالٌ عن الكتابة التناظريَّة (حيثُ تعكسُ الحُروف بعضها وكأنها أمام المرآة)، وهي عبارة عن مخطوطةٍ عُثمانيَّةٍ تعود للقرن الثامن عشر الميلاديّ، تظهرُ عليها الشهادة الثالثة عند الشيعة، أي: "عليٌّ وليُّ الله"، بالكتابة العربيَّة المعهودة والمعكوسة، مما يخلقُ تأثيرًا كتأثير المرآة بالنسبة للناظر. قام الخطَّاط بطيّ هذه الورقة السميكة قشديَّة اللون من وسطها بشكلٍ عموديّ فطُبعت العبارة ذاتها على الطيَّة المُقابلة (سليم 1979م، 162) ثُمَّ ألصقها على كرتونةٍ لتقويتها، وأخيرًا أضاف إطارٍ ورديٍّ حولها لتجميلها.
English: Example of mirror writing in Islamic calligraphy. 18th-century Ottoman levha, or calligraphic panel, which depicts the Shi'i phrase 'Ali is the vicegerent of God' (Arabic: علي ولي الله) in obverse and reverse, creating a mirror image. The calligrapher has used the central vertical fold in the thick cream-colored paper to help trace the calligraphic duplication (Selim 1979, 162) prior to mounting it onto a cardboard and pasting rectangular pink frames along its borders.
Türkçe: İslam âleminin içinde ayna yazı örneği. 18. yüzyıl Osmanlı levhası ya da tasvir kaligrafik paneli Şii ifade 'Ali Allah'ın vicegerent olan' (Arapça: علي ولي الله) , yüz ve ters, tam bir ayna görüntü oluştururken.Hattat önce kendi sınırları boyunca bir karton yapıştırarak dikdörtgen pembe çerçeveler üzerine montaj için tam kaligrafik tekrarından (Selim 1979, 162) iz yardımcı kalın krem renkli kağıt merkez dikey kat kullandı.
Date between circa 1720 and circa 1730
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1720-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1730-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Library of Congress[1]
Author Mahmoud Ibrahim
Other versions Restored version of File:Mirror writing.jpg. Rotated and cropped, dirt and stains removed, depigmented areas repigmented, Histogram adjusted and colors balanced. Selective color saturation at border.

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Eighteenth century mirror writing in Ottoman calligraphy. The phrase means 'Ali is the vicegregent of God' in both directions.

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