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Part of my project of early medieval plant alphabets. This shows all the letters of the Arabic Abjad ('alphabet') with plants that start with that letter. Similar to how we now teach 'a is for apple, b is for book.'

This is my first time writing with ink on birch bark, so there are quite a few smears. I'm also not redoing cards with errors until I've finished the other alphabets (Khmer, Japanese, Maya, Gaelic, and Sanskrit) and know how much birch bark I have left over. (And I hope to varnish them, so the bark stops flaking off the back and sticking to the other cards.) But I still really like how they look, and have gotten a lot better at reading (medieval) Arabic while working on them.

Description (read from right to left, top to bottom):
ارز Arz - Cedar, بلوط Ballūt - Oak, حوز Jawz - Walnut
دردار Dardār - Elm/Ash, هليلج Halīlaj - Emblic, ورد Ward - Rose
زيتون Zaytūn - Olive, حور ħawr - Poplar, طلح Ṭalħ - Banana
ياسمين Yāsamīn - Jasmine, كافور Kāfūr - Camphor, لوز Lūz - Almond
ميعة Mayʕa - Storax, نخل Nakhl - Date Palm, سرو Sarw - Cypress
عنب ʕinab - Grape, فستق Fustaq - Pistachio, صنوبر Ṣinūbar - Pine
قزحية Quzħayat - Iris, رمان Rummān - Pomegranate, شاب Shabob - Cherry
تين Tayin - Fig, ثوم Thūm - Garlic, خيزران Khayzurān - Bamboo/Reed
ذرة Dhura - Durrum Wheat, ضجاجḌijāj - Mastic, ظفرة Ẓufurat - Spurge-Laurel
غرقد Gharqad - Boxthorn

Cards are numbered with the Greek alphabet, a common practice during the period.

Let me know about spelling errors, and if you think I should add vowel diacritics! (I'm conflicted.)

Description
Part of my project of early medieval plant alphabets. This shows all the letters of the Arabic Abjad ('alphabet') with plants that start with that letter. Similar to how we now teach 'a is for apple, b is for book.'

This is my first time writing with ink on birch bark, so there are quite a few smears. I'm also not redoing cards with errors until I've finished the other alphabets (Khmer, Japanese, Maya, Gaelic, and Sanskrit) and know how much birch bark I have left over. (And I hope to varnish them, so the bark stops flaking off the back and sticking to the other cards.) But I still really like how they look, and have gotten a lot better at reading (medieval) Arabic while working on them.

Description (read from right to left, top to bottom):
ارز Arz - Cedar, بلوط Ballūt - Oak, حوز Jawz - Walnut
دردار Dardār - Elm/Ash, هليلج Halīlaj - Emblic, ورد Ward - Rose
زيتون Zaytūn - Olive, حور ħawr - Poplar, طلح Ṭalħ - Banana
ياسمين Yāsamīn - Jasmine, كافور Kāfūr - Camphor, لوز Lūz - Almond
ميعة Mayʕa - Storax, نخل Nakhl - Date Palm, سرو Sarw - Cypress
عنب ʕinab - Grape, فستق Fustaq - Pistachio, صنوبر Ṣinūbar - Pine
قزحية Quzħayat - Iris, رمان Rummān - Pomegranate, شاب Shabob - Cherry
تين Tayin - Fig, ثوم Thūm - Garlic, خيزران Khayzurān - Bamboo/Reed
ذرة Dhura - Durrum Wheat, ضجاجḌijāj - Mastic, ظفرة Ẓufurat - Spurge-Laurel
غرقد Gharqad - Boxthorn

Cards are numbered with the Greek alphabet, a common practice during the period.

Let me know about spelling errors, and if you think I should add vowel diacritics! (I'm conflicted.)