Study of a Dragon (recto), and Persian calligraphy (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

Name: Study of a Dragon (recto), and Persian calligraphy (verso), folio from an Ottoman album
Author: Turkey

İsim	Study of a Dragon (recto), and Persian calligraphy (verso), folio from an Ottoman album
Yazar	Turkey
Basım Tarihi:	Calligraphy and drawing 1550-1600, album produced c. 1620
Tür	Belge
Dil	Farsça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	415 mm x 276 mm (height x width)
Kütüphane:	Chester Beatty
Kayıt Numarası	T 439.7
Lokasyon	Turkish collection
Tarih	Calligraphy and drawing 1550-1600, album produced c. 1620
Notlar	Study of a Dragon (recto), and Persian calligraphy (verso), folio from an Ottoman album. Across Iran, India and Turkey, from the sixteenth century at least, albums (or muraqqa`) had become an important way of storing and presenting one's diverse collection of artworks on paper: valuable specimens of calligraphy, single-page paintings or drawings, and even European prints or Chinese paintings, all re-mounted in a careful sequence. This album was compiled in early seventeenth-century Ottoman Istanbul, probably for a private citizen. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, mounted on card, tinted drawing of a sinuous dragon framed in Persian calligraphy (on recto), and Persian verses in nasta`liq script by the Ottoman calligrapher Mir Mustafa, or Miri (on verso), mounted on album-page with marbled (ebru) borders, Istanbul, Turkey, calligraphy and drawing 1550-1600, album compiled c. 1620.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi	Nasta'liq script

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Study of a Dragon (recto), and Persian calligraphy (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

Yazar Turkey

Basım Tarihi Calligraphy and drawing 1550-1600, album produced c. 1620

Tür Belge

Dil Farsça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar 415 mm x 276 mm (height x width)

Kütüphane Chester Beatty

Kayıt Numarası T 439.7

Lokasyon Turkish collection

Tarih Calligraphy and drawing 1550-1600, album produced c. 1620

Notlar Study of a Dragon (recto), and Persian calligraphy (verso), folio from an Ottoman album. Across Iran, India and Turkey, from the sixteenth century at least, albums (or muraqqa`) had become an important way of storing and presenting one's diverse collection of artworks on paper: valuable specimens of calligraphy, single-page paintings or drawings, and even European prints or Chinese paintings, all re-mounted in a careful sequence. This album was compiled in early seventeenth-century Ottoman Istanbul, probably for a private citizen. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, mounted on card, tinted drawing of a sinuous dragon framed in Persian calligraphy (on recto), and Persian verses in nasta`liq script by the Ottoman calligrapher Mir Mustafa, or Miri (on verso), mounted on album-page with marbled (ebru) borders, Istanbul, Turkey, calligraphy and drawing 1550-1600, album compiled c. 1620.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Nasta'liq script