Calligraphy Center

The Third International Forum of the Calligraphy,
Writing and Inscriptions in the World Throughout the Age

24-26 April 2007

Topic of the Forum:

The Forum aims at studying calligraphy in the world. Within this framework, it will cover the study of calligraphy according to a certain axis, which follows the historical and geographical classification in the following sequence:

• Calligraphy of the Ancient Near East civilizations.
• Calligraphy of the Far East civilizations.
• Calligraphy of the classical civilizations and its contemporary civilizations.
• Calligraphy of the Arab-Islamic civilizations.
• Calligraphy in Africa .
• Calligraphy in Latin America .

The study of calligraphy in each civilization or geographical area is based on the inclusion of studying their calligraphy within the framework of the following sub-topics:

• Evolution and development
• Patterns of calligraphy
• Mutual effects
• Aesthetics of calligraphy
• Content of inscriptions
• Important issues
• Modern research fields
• The scientific term in calligraphy and writing
• Writing tools
• The relation between form and content
• Symbols of writing
• The modern techniques and research related to the formations of calligraphy

Graffiti was selected to be the main theme of the Forum main sessions as follows:

• Graffiti from the pre-historic age till the appearance of Arabic Calligraphy in the Ancient Near East (Egypt -Sudan- Syria – Mesopotamia – Arabic Peninsula – Iran – Anatolia).
• The petroglyphs in Morocco.
• The petroglyphs in Africa.
• The petroglyphs in Asia.
• The petroglyphs in the Classic World (Greek & Roman Civilization).
• The petroglyphs in the civilization of Central and Latin America.
• The petroglyphs in Australia.

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Idea of the Forum:

The granite wall mural surrounding the Bibliotheca Alexandrina reflects the inscriptions and writings of the ancient world, hence reflecting the role of the Library in collecting the human knowledge through the ages in its attempt to become a center of human civilizations.

This Forum aims at studying the evolution of human knowledge of inscriptions since the pre-historic eras. This knowledge started as an imitation to animals and the surrounding environment, which soon developed into a certain written language relevant to each civilization. This language was not only man's means of identifying his life and his achievements, but also an archive of the history of man. Some calligraphy was distinguished by its marvelous artistic style. The organizers of the Forum aim at collecting integrated and various studies on the history of inscriptions and writings in the ancient world and throughout the middle and modern ages.

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Participation Conditions:

• Abstracts should be sent by E-Mail to yasmin.abdou@bibalex.org or by postal mail to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, El-Shatby, Alexandria 21526, Egypt, or by fax to +(203) 4879252 – attention Dr. Khaled Azab.
• Deadline for receiving abstracts is 30/09/2007.
• The Arbitration Committee will check the submitted abstracts and will notify the researchers if they were accepted within a month of receiving the abstract so that the complete research is sent within three months of notification.
• Deadline for sending researches is 01/2/2007 after finalizing the amendments as decided by the Arbitration Committee.

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Final Submission:

• The final text (following amendments of any changes recommended by the editor or referees) must be provided on disk preferably PC, using MS Word, composed in 12-point font.
• The text should be in hard copy, printed clearly on A4 or standard American paper, on one side only, double-spaced throughout and with ample margins. Please do not justify the right-hand margin
• Please do not employ multiple typeface styles or sizes.
• The Journal of Abgadiyat does not use titles such as 'Dr', or 'Prof.' in text or notes or for authors.
• Brackets should be all 'round-shaped', e.g. (……).
• Use single quotation marks throughout.
• Avoid Arabic diacriticals. Only use in quotes.
• The numbers of the dynasties must be spelled out, e.g. 'Eighteenth Dynasty' and not '18th Dynasty' or 'Dynasty 18'. Similarly spell out the numbers of centuries'. e.g. 'fifth century BCE', 'second century CE'. BCE and CE should be in capitals.
• The '¬_' between dates, page references, etc. (1901-02, 133-210) is an n-dash not a hyphen.

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Fonts:

Contributors must check with the editor, in advance, if the text employs any non-standard fonts (e.g. transliterations, hieroglyphs, Greek, Coptic, etc.) and may be asked to supply these on a disk with the text.

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Footnotes:

• Citations must be on separate pages appended as endnotes, double-spaced.
• Footnote numbers should be placed above the line (superscript) after punctuation, without brackets.
• The title of the article must not include a footnote reference. If a note is needed for 'acknowledgement' this should be done by means of an asterisk * in the title and an asterisked note before footnote 1.

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Abstract:

An abstract in English (maximum 150 words) must be provided at the beginning of the article. The abstract will be used for indexing and information retrieval. It should therefore be written to be understood independently of the body of the article.

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Abbreviations:

• Concerning periodicals and series, should be those in Bernard Mathieu, Abréviations des périodiques et collections en usage à l'IFAO, 4éme éd. (Cairo, 2003). Available online atwww.ifao.egnet.netAd hoc abbreviations, after complete full reference, may be used for titles cited frequently in individual articles
• Accepted forms of standard reference works may be also applied. Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography, should be cited as PM (not italicized).

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Citations:

should take the form of:

Article in a journal:

J.D. Ray, 'The Voice of Authority: Papyrus Leiden I 382', JEA 85 (1999), 190Cite subsequently as: Ray, JEA 85, 190.

Article or chapter in a multi-author book:

I. Mathieson, 'Magnetometer Surveys on Kiln Sites at Amarna', in B.J. Kemp (ed.), Amarna Reports VI, EES Occasional Publications 10 (London, 1995), 218-220. Cite subsequently as: Mathieson, in Kemp (ed.),

Amarna Reports VI, 218-220.

A.B. Lloyd, 'The Late Period, 664-323 BC' in B.G. Trigger, B.J. Kemp, D. O'Connor and A.B. Lloyd, Ancient Egypt. A Social History (Cambridge, 1983), 279-346. Cited subsequently as: Lloyd, in Trigger, et al., Ancient Egypt. A Social History, 279-346

Monographs:

E. Strouhal, Life in Ancient Egypt (Cambridge, 1992), 35-38.
Cite subsequently as: Strouhal, Life in Ancient Egypt, 35-38.

D.M. Bailey, Excavations at el-Ashmunein, V. Pottery, Lamps and Glass of the Late Roman and Early Arab periods (London, 1998), 140.
Cite subsequently as: Bailey, Excavations at el-Ashmunein V. 140

Series publication:

W.M.F. Petrie, Hyksos and Israelite Cities, BSAE 12 (London, 1906), 37, pl.38.A, no.26. Cite subsequently as: Petrie, Hyksos and Israelite Cities, 37, pl. 38.A, no. 26.

Dissertations:

Josef W. Wegner, The Mortuary Complex of Senwosret III: A Study of Middle Kingdom State Activity and the Cult of Osiris at Abydos (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 1996), 45-55. Cite subsequently as: Wegner, The Mortuary Complex of Senwosret III, 45-55.

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Electronic media:

• Cite preferentially to a hard-copy edition of material posted on a website. If material is available solely in electronic form, provide sufficient information to enable users to correctly access the sources. However, a citation such as www.mfa.org/artemis/fullrecord.asp?oid=36525&did=200. might be more elegantly, if less directly, expressed textually: See, for example, acc. 19.162, illustrated at www.mfa.org/artemis. The https:// protocol may be omitted in citations to sources posted on the World Wide Web (e.g., www.mfa.org/giza, rather than https://www.mfa.org/giza); it should be retained in other instances (e.g., https://aaupnet.org; or https://w3.arizona.edu/~egypt/
• For citations to electronic journals, CD-ROM , and similar media, see the relevant chapter in the Chicago Manual of Style.
• Authors’ initials and publication details, including full article title and/or series name and volume number should be provided on first citation; surname alone, and an abbreviated title should be used subsequently. The use of ibid, op. cit. and loc. cit. should be avoided. Precise page references should be given, not the entire article run.

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Captions:

For figures, appropriate credit should be provided, double-spaced, on a separate sheet, and in electronic form on the disk with the final version of the article.

Photographs:

• These should be scanned at 300 dpi for reproduction at the same size. The images should be saved as CMYK TIFF files (JPEGs are rarely adequate).
• All image files must be submitted on a CD. Please do not e-mail images to the Editors without prior consultation.
• Illustrations and graphics should not exceed 30% of the text.

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Copyright:

• Responsibility for obtaining permission to use copyright material rests with the author. This includes photocopies of previously-published material.
• Submitted research papers and articles will not be returned to authors whether published or not.
• A brief Curriculum Vitae (CV) should be submitted together with the research paper.

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Executive Committee:

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