23 February, 2025

We are delighted to collaborate with the University of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum – the holder of one of the richest collections of art, archaeology, and ancient world artefacts.

Bringing together communities and faiths of Oxfordshire

Within the framework of the One World Festival, we are happy to present

Scribal Art: ✍️ Beauty in Diversity 🪶

Set amongst the breathtaking artefacts of the Reading and Writing Gallery depicting the ancient scribing civilizations, this multilingual educational workshop explores the past through multiple ancient languages, scripts, and calligraphy. Participants will be introduced to various alphabets: Arabic, Armenian, Cyrillic, Ethiopian, Georgian, Greek, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Syriac, etc. and they will have the opportunity to write sacred words, their names, and/or other phrases in multiple ancient scripts. The event offers everyone the first-hand scribal art experience, and promotes awareness about the diversity of our planet seeking beauty in each community, their language, culture, and script.

Venue: Reading and Writing Gallery / The Hans and Märit Rausing Gallery