The exhibition has been organized to celebrate Christmas, the NLAI announced on Tuesday.

A copy of the Bible and a Persian copy of “The Story of Christ”, which was published in Leiden in 1639, are among the books on display at the exhibition.

The exhibit also is displaying the original text of “Christmas Eve”, an article Iranian writer Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh wrote for Vahid, a magazine that was published over 50 years ago.

Several greeting cards sent by European official to their Iranian counterparts during the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and texts of some Christian prayers are among the items on view at the exhibit, which will run for two weeks.

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Organized by the Tehran University of Art, the session will be held at the Malek National Library and Museum Institution.

Basoli published a fantastic set of lithographs for his book “Alfabeto Pittorico” (“Pictorial Alphabet”) in Bologna in 1839. His elaborate architectural drawings of twenty-four letters of the alphabet became later known as Basoli’s Alphabet.

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The international exhibition titled “Calligraphies in Conversation” has been organized to explore connections between calligraphy traditions and practices from different cultures and languages across the world, the curator of the exhibit, Arash Shirinbab, said in a press release on Monday.

The collection is comprised of over 70 artworks with a range of diverse traditions and languages, including Latin, Chinese, Japanese, Baybayin, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Armenian and Hindi traditional calligraphy styles.

“We are glad to see Iranian artists have the high quality skills and potential to participate in international exhibitions and promote Iranian and Islamic culture through arts,” Shirinbab stated.

The artworks have been selected from over 250 submissions from the U.S., Germany, Canada, Iran, Japan, Hong Kong, France, Hungary, Australia, Qatar, Peru, South Korea, Egypt, Finland, India and several other countries.

“These artists and calligraphers are playing a cultural ambassador role participating in this exhibit,” Shirinbab said. “They represent the calligraphic art of their culture and start a conversation with artists of other cultures through their artworks.”

“The emphasis of this program is initiating a meaningful conversation between different calligraphy traditions especially between Middle Eastern calligraphy and other calligraphy scripts and cultures,” he added

The exhibition opened on Sunday during a special ceremony, followed by presentations on the theme of “How to Enjoy Calligraphy” from former White House chief calligrapher, Rick Paulus, Filipino artist Kristian Kabuay and Shirinbab.

The San Francisco Public Library is organizing the exhibition, which will run until December 31, in collaboration with the Ziya Art Center, an art organization in Berkeley founded by Iranian artists.

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