throughout the history of the islamic iran the judicial system has always been based on common law and canon law (sharī‘a). upon the formalization of shī‘ism as the official school (nadhhab) in the safavid era, the shī‘a jurisprudence was set as the basis for legal judgments; and for the execution of judicial affairs the ruler appointed officers such as ṣadr, shaykh al-islām, and other judicial...

application of human figures on brocades is valuable for studying. the existence of these motifs on the bouid’s & saljuk’s brocades indicates the popularity of them at this era in persia. these are very important sources for studying the weaving techniques. the production of silk fabrics made a magnificent period for persian textile industry. in this research work samples of fabrics with human ...

Our work links Chinese calligraphy to computer science through an integrated intelligence approach. We first extract strokes of existent calligraphy using a semi-automatic, twophase mechanism: the first phase tries to do the best possible extraction using a combination of algorithmic techniques; the second phase presents an intelligent user interface to allow the user to provide input to the ex...

BACKGROUND There are currently no systematic reviews or meta-analyses of Chinese calligraphy therapy (CCT) to reduce neuropsychiatric symptoms. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to explore the efficacy of CCT for people with neuropsychiatric symptoms. METHODS We searched Chinese and English databases, including the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Wanfa...

Abstract Ornamental adornment of the Kharraqan tomb towers, most outstanding funeral monuments Seljuk era in NW Iran, and those four best-preserved Seljuq brick minarets northern documents artistic canon pre-glaze stage Iranian Islamic architecture. Despite some later interruptions, these their plain-brick ornaments, as well ‘virtually interlaced’ stand at beginnings a rich development that led...

Chinese calligraphy has been scientifically investigated within the contexts and principles of psychology, cognitive science, and the cognitive neuroscience. On the basis of vast amount of research in the last 30 years, we have developed a cybernetic theory of handwriting and calligraphy to account for the intricate interactions of several psychological dimensions involved in the dynamic act of...