Album of Ottoman calligraphy
Object Information
Object Information
Description
- Object no:
- T 426
- Title:
- Album of Ottoman calligraphy
- Artist and production place:
- Unknown
Istanbul
- Calligrapher and production place:
- Shaykh Hamdullah of Amasya
Istanbul
- Production date:
- 1500-1520 (calligraphy), 1700-1800 (illumination)
- Dimensions:
- 309 mm x 205 mm x 15 mm (height x width x depth)
- Material:
- Paper (material) Pigment (material) Ink (material) Gold
- Language:
- Arabic (language)
- Script type:
- Thuluth script Naskh script
- Collection:
- Turkish collection
- Object category:
- Manuscript
- Object name:
- Codex
- Description:
- Album of Ottoman calligraphy. Codex, ink, colours and gold on marbled paper, 6 folios, Arabic text in thuluth and naskh scripts, illuminated panels, pious sayings of the Prophet Muhammad and 'Ali, signed (f.5r) by Shaykh Hamdullah of Amasya (d. 1520), album compiled and illuminated later, Istanbul, Turkey, calligraphy c. 1500-1520, illumination and assembly 1700-1800.
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