The World of Courtesans c6.25

c6.25

*Leham* The art of writing is divided into two subdivisions—writing of various regional scripts and writing on materials such as bark, wood, ivory, metal plates which demanded a different technique. It also includes the mode of composing letters to the master, the subordinate, the father, the son, the teacher, the disciple, the wife, the husband, the friend or the enemy. A knowledge of the defects of transcription (e.g. the undue thinness or thickness of the letters, the absence of uniformity in their sizes, the bent line and the lack of punctuation etc.) is also included in this art