demonagerie:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 9388, f.99v (St Luke’s bull forming the letter Q). Evangelia quattuor [Évangiles dits de Drogon]. 845-855.
roxygen:
Overlapping inscriptions such as this one usually used standard texts because of the difficulty of executing them. This style was particularly popular in 19th century Turkey as a way of demonstrating a calligrapher’s virtuosity.
The Story of Bayad and Riyad. This is a romance set in Iraq, in which Bayad, a young merchant, falls in love with Riyad, the attendant of a noble lady.
![demonagerie:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 9388, f.99v (St Luke’s bull forming the letter Q). Evangelia quattuor [Évangiles dits de Drogon]. 845-855.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8cy93zeLo1rppc0go1_1280.jpg "Source: demonagerie")
