This is a partial list of notable female calligraphers.
3rd century
- Xie Daoyun Chinese poet, writer, scholar and calligrapher
- Wei Shuo (272–349) Chinese calligrapher
7th-10th centuries
- Al-Shifa' bint Abdullah Arabic calligrapher
- Al-Nuddar (d. 984) Andalusian calligrapher and scholar[1]
- Umm al-Darda al-Sughra [2][3]
- Sana (8th Century) Abbasid calligrapher [3]
- Fadl (d. 260/873-74) Abbasid poet and calligrapher[3]
- Gulsum al-Attabi (d. 220/835) Arabic calligrapher[3]
- Fadl (10th Century)[3]
- Duhtar-i ibn Mukla Shirazi (10th Century)[3]
- Muzna (d. 358/969)[3]
- Fadl (d. 260/873-74)[3]
- Fatima (?-?) Andalusian calligrapher[3]
11th-12th centuries
- Safiyyah bint Abd al-Rabb (d. 1026)[3]
- Fatima bint Zakariya bint Abdullah al-Shebbarp (d. 1036)[3]
- Diemoth (b. 1060-130) Bavarian calligrapher
- Fatima al-Baghdadi bint Hasan b. ‘Alī b. ‘Abdullah Attar (d. 480/1087) Iraqi calligrapher[3]
- Fakhr-un-Nisa (d. 1112) Iranian calligrapher
- Lubna (d. 1003) Abbasid poet and calligrapher [4]
- Zaynab Shahda bint Ahmad b. Al-Faraj b. ‘Omar Al-Abrī (d. 547/1178) Iraqi calligrapher [5]
- Sittu'r-Rida bint Nasrallah b. Mas'ud (d. after 567/1171)[3]
13th-14th centuries
- Shuhda Bint Al-‘Ibari (d. 1178) Abbasid calligrapher [6][3]
- Guan Daosheng (1262–1319) Chinese poet, painter and calligrapher
- Cao Miaoqing Chinese poet and calligrapher
- Sitt Nasim Abbasid calligrapher [7]
15th-16th centuries
- Clara Hätzlerin (c. 1430–1476) Bavarian scribe
- Jacomina Hondius (1558–1628) Flemish and Dutch calligrapher
- Esther Inglis (1571–1624) English miniaturist and calligrapher
- Margareta Karthäuserin (b. ?) Bavarian scribe
- Elizabeth Lucar (1510–1537) British calligrapher
- Marie Pavie (fl. 1600) French calligrapher
- Fatimah bint Quraymazan (d. 1558)[4]
- Shin Saimdang (1504–1551) Korean artist, author and calligrapher
- Maria Strick (1577-1625) Dutch calligrapher and teacher
17th-18th centuries
- Amina (daughter of calligrapher, Mustafa Chelebi) minor calligrapher active in Ottoman Bosnia [8]
- Goharshad Ghazvini Persian calligrapher
- Ike Gyokuran (1727–1784) Japanese painter and calligrapher
- Esmâ Ibret Hanim (b. 1780) Ottoman calligrapher
- Marjan al-Katib al-Islami Iranian calligrapher
- Fatıma Ânî Hanım (d.1122 / 1710) Ottoman calligrapher[3]
- Fatıma Tûtî (d. 1106-1123 / 1694-95)[3]
- Fang Weiyi (1585–1668) Chinese poet, calligrapher and historian
- Şerife Zehra Hanim Ottoman calligrapher[9]
- Im Yunjidang (1721–1793) Korean philosopher and calligrapher
- Cao Zhenxiu (b. 1762) Chinese calligrapher
19th-20th centuries
- Wijdan Ali (b. 1939) Iraqi calligrapher
- Ameena Ahmad Ahuja Indian painter and calligrapher
- Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941–2018) English artist and calligrapher
- Mickie Caspi (b. 1961) Israeli calligrapher and artist
- Wasma'a Khalid Chorbachi (b. 1944) American-Iraqi artist and calligrapher
- Chang Ch'ung-ho (1914–2015) Chinese poet and calligrapher
- Winnie Siu Davies (b. ?) Chinese painter and calligrapher
- Elizabeth Friedländer (1903–1984) German calligrapher
- Jen Taylor Friedman (b. ?) ritual scribe
- Wang Huiqin (b. 1945) Chinese-Slovenian calligrapher
- Hu Jieqing (1905–2001) Chinese painter and calligrapher
- Pouran Jinchi (b. 1959) Iranian-American artist and calligrapher
- Samira Kitman (b. 1984) Afghani-British calligrapher and artist
- Hildegard Korger (b. 1935) German calligrapher
- Monika Krajewska (b. ?) Polish calligrapher and mizrah artist
- Patricia Lovett (b.?) British scribe, calligrapher and illuminator
- Ada Louise Powell (b. 1865) British decorative artist and calligrapher
- Zahide Selma Hanim (1857–1895) Ottoman calligrapher [10]
- Hilal Kazan - Turkish academic, historian and calligrapher [11]
- Midori Kono Thiel (b. ?) Japanese-American calligrapher
- Huda Totonji (b.?) Arab-American calligrapher
- Carol Twombly (b. 1959) American calligrapher
- Şerife Fatma "Mevhibe" Hanım Ottoman calligrapher[12]
- Ema Saikō (1787–1861) Japanese calligrapher
- Zulaykhah Khatimi al-Sa'di (?-?) [13]
- Emine Servet Hanim (b. 1859) Ottoman calligrapher [14]
- Soraya Syed (b. 1976) English-Pakistani calligrapher
- Gudrun Zapf von Hesse (1918–2019) German typographer, calligrapher and book-binder
- Sheila Waters (1929—2022) English calligrapher
- Irene Wellington (1904–1984) British calligrapher
- Mary White (ceramicist and calligrapher) (1926–2013) British calligrapher
- Hilda Wiseman (1894–1982) Australian calligrapher, artist and designer
- Rachel Yallop (b. ?) British calligrapher
- Yuan Xiaoyuan (1901–2003) Chinese diplomat, politician, author, linguist, calligrapher and artist
- Lou Zhenggang (b. 1966) Chinese artist and calligrapher
- Nuria Garcia Masip (b. 1978) Spanish Calligrapher [4]
See also
References
- ^ Al-Munajjid, S.A.D., "Women's Roles in the Art of Arabic Calligraphy" in: George Nicholas Atiyeh (ed.), The Book in the Islamic World: The Written Word and Communication in the Middle East, Albany, State University of New York Press, 1995, p. 146
- ^ Sayeed, A., Women and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge in Islam, Cambridge University Press, 2013, pp 70-71
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Kazan, H., Dünden Bugüne Hanım Hattatlar (Female Calligraphers Past And Present), Istanbul, Büyükşehir Belediyesi, 2010, Chapter 5
- ^ a b c Momin, A.R., "The Calligraphic World of Nuria Garcia Masip", IOS Minaret, Vol. 10, No. 8, 1–15 September 2015 Online:
- ^ Kazan, H., Dünden Bugüne Hanim Hattatlar [Female calligraphers past and present], Istanbul, Büyüksehir Belediyesi Kültür Isleri Daire Baskanligi, 2010, ISBN 6055592517
- ^ Adams Helminski, C., Women of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure, Shambhala Publications, 2003, [E-book edition], n.p.
- ^ Al-Munajjid, S.A.D., "Women's Roles in the Art of Arabic Calligraphy" in: George Nicholas Atiyeh (ed.), The Book in the Islamic World: The Written Word and Communication in the Middle East, Albany, State University of New York Press, 1995, p. 146
- ^ Dervisevic, H., "18th-century Qur'an Transcribed by a Woman," Islamic Arts Magazine, 1 June 2017, [1]
- ^ Kazan H., "XIX. Asırda Bir Kadın Hattat: Şerife Zehra Hanım", Toplumsal Tarih, 2014, pp 86-90
- ^ Türkischer Biographischer Index [Turkish Biographical Index], De Gruyter, 2011, p. 1087
- ^ Muslim Heritage, Online:
- ^ Islamic Arts Portal, Online (in Turkish and English)
- ^ Al-Munajjid, S.A.D., "Women's Roles in the Art of Arabic Calligraphy" in: George Nicholas Atiyeh (ed.), The Book in the Islamic World: The Written Word and Communication in the Middle East, Albany, State University of New York Press, 1995, pp 146-147
- ^ Schick, T.C., M. Uğur Derman 65th birthday Festschrift Sabancı Universitesi, 2000, p. 347
Further reading
- Salah al-Din al-Munajjid, "Women's Roles in the Art of Arabic Calligraphy" in: George Nicholas Atiyeh (ed.), The Book in the Islamic World: The Written Word and Communication in the Middle East, Albany, State University of New York Press, 1995, pp 141–149.
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