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Artwork Types > Calligraphy
Works composed primarily of beautiful, elegant letters or flourishes that are typically created by hand with a pen, either in unjoined characters or in cursive writing.
early 13th century
10th century
2003
c. 1227–34
c. 1130
2013
1401
1450
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