Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Folklore, Language, Education and Exhibition (ICOFLEX 2019)

Anthropomorphic Arabic Calligraphy: The Elements of Srabad in Cirebon

Authors
Agung Zainal Muttakin Raden, Wirawan Sukarwo, M.S. Andrijanto
Corresponding Author
Agung Zainal Muttakin Raden
Available Online 31 December 2020.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.201230.010How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Srabad, Anthropomorphic, Arabic calligraphy, Cirebon
Abstract

As one of the cities located in the northern coast of Java Island, Cirebon welcomed many foreign ships, especially in the Sunda Pajajaran Kingdom era. Cirebon saw its glory under Syarif Hidayatullah, better known as Sunan Gunung Jati. Nowadays, many intercultural artefacts from the Sunda Pajajaran Kingdom era can be seen in Cirebon. One of them was called Srabad. Srabad was a prayer or lauds in the form of Arabic calligraphy bearing a distinct figure. In Cirebon, many Srabad can be found etched in stained glass or glass paintings. Srabad was actually a talisman which disguised aesthetically so people can only see them as an artisan craft. This research focused on the elements contained within Srabad and how it was perceived into anthropomorphic Arabic calligraphy to see the esoteric and exoteric elements of the Srabad. The result showed that the esoteric elements were influenced by Arabic culture, while the exoteric elements influenced by a mixture of Middle East, Chinese, and Javanese culture.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Folklore, Language, Education and Exhibition (ICOFLEX 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
31 December 2020
ISBN
978-94-6239-311-0
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.201230.010How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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