Calligraphy album from Ottoman Istanbul
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Object Information
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- Object no.:
- T 445
- Object name:
- Codex
- Title:
- Calligraphy album from Ottoman Istanbul
- Calligrapher and production place:
- Mehmed Sa`id Berberzade
Istanbul
- Object category:
- Manuscript
- Collection:
- Turkish collection
- Production date:
- 1733
- Material:
- Paper (material) Pigment (material) Ink (material) Gold
- Language:
- Arabic (language)
- Script type:
- Naskh script
- Description:
- Calligraphy album, by Mehmed Sa`id Berberzade. This album was created in Ottoman Istanbul, in 1733. The fine calligraphy was written out by a man who had studied under the master-calligrapher Mehmed Efendi (d. 1753), known as Şekerzade ("son of sugar") because his father was a confectioner. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, set into gold-flecked card mounts, 4 folios, Arabic text in naskh script, album of calligraphy quoting lines from the Hadith, signed Mehmed Sa`id Berberzade (d. 1774), pupil of Mehmed Shekerzada (Şekerzade Mehmed Efendi, d. 1753), Istanbul, Turkey, dated 1146H, 1733.
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