Ottoman album (muraqqa'), with calligraphy, views of holy sites, and a world map

Name: Ottoman album (muraqqa'), with calligraphy, views of holy sites, and a world map
Author: Istanbul

İsim	Ottoman album (muraqqa'), with calligraphy, views of holy sites, and a world map
Yazar	Istanbul
Basım Tarihi:	1730-1754
Tür	Belge
Dil	Arapça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Kütüphane:	Chester Beatty
Kayıt Numarası	T 447
Lokasyon	Turkish collection
Tarih	1730-1754
Notlar	Ottoman album (muraqqa'), with calligraphy, views of the holy sites, and a world map. This album was put together in early eighteenth-century Istanbul, during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Mahmud I. Organised with gold-painted borders throughout, the album combines examples of fine Arabic calligraphy by Ottoman masters of the seventeenth century (such as Dervish `Ali and Hafiz Osman), and (possibly) the older master Mir `Ali Haravi from Iran. These beautiful lines quote from the Qur'an, and from Hadith literature (describing the Prophet's actions). As well as calligraphy, the album preserves four aerial views of famous holy sites: Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem, the Ka`ba sanctuary in Mecca, the Prophet's mosque in Medina, and the Selimiye mosque of Ottoman Sultan Selim II (r. 1566-74) in Edirne. The final folio is a diagrammatic map of the world, with the continents of Asia, Africa and Europe. Album, ink, colours and gold on paper with leather edging, 9 folios with illuminated floral and foliate borders, Arabic calligraphy in naskh, thuluth, nasta`liq, and tughra scripts: twelve calligraphy samples in Arabic (including Hadith and Qur'an quotations), signed Hafiz Osman (d. 1698, fols. 1v-2r), Dervish `Ali (d. 1673, fols. 3r-5r), `Ali (possibly Mir `Ali Haravi, d. 1544, fol. 7v), three unsigned (fols. 5v, 6r, 7r) and the (unsigned) tughra of Ottoman Sultan Mahmud I (r. 1730-54, fol. 8v), four topographical views of Mecca (fol. 2v), Medina (fol. 6v), Jerusalem (fol 8r), and Selimiye mosque in Edirne (fol. 9r, signed Qayyim-bashi, son of treasurer (sadiqa-khazine) of Aya Sofya), and a world map (fol. 9v), album compiled Ottoman Istanbul, Turkey, c. 1730-1754.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Codex
Yazı Tipi	Thuluth script, Naskh script, Nasta'liq script

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Ottoman album (muraqqa'), with calligraphy, views of holy sites, and a world map

Yazar Istanbul

Basım Tarihi 1730-1754

Tür Belge

Dil Arapça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Kütüphane Chester Beatty

Kayıt Numarası T 447

Lokasyon Turkish collection

Tarih 1730-1754

Notlar Ottoman album (muraqqa'), with calligraphy, views of the holy sites, and a world map. This album was put together in early eighteenth-century Istanbul, during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Mahmud I. Organised with gold-painted borders throughout, the album combines examples of fine Arabic calligraphy by Ottoman masters of the seventeenth century (such as Dervish `Ali and Hafiz Osman), and (possibly) the older master Mir `Ali Haravi from Iran. These beautiful lines quote from the Qur'an, and from Hadith literature (describing the Prophet's actions). As well as calligraphy, the album preserves four aerial views of famous holy sites: Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem, the Ka`ba sanctuary in Mecca, the Prophet's mosque in Medina, and the Selimiye mosque of Ottoman Sultan Selim II (r. 1566-74) in Edirne. The final folio is a diagrammatic map of the world, with the continents of Asia, Africa and Europe. Album, ink, colours and gold on paper with leather edging, 9 folios with illuminated floral and foliate borders, Arabic calligraphy in naskh, thuluth, nasta`liq, and tughra scripts: twelve calligraphy samples in Arabic (including Hadith and Qur'an quotations), signed Hafiz Osman (d. 1698, fols. 1v-2r), Dervish `Ali (d. 1673, fols. 3r-5r), `Ali (possibly Mir `Ali Haravi, d. 1544, fol. 7v), three unsigned (fols. 5v, 6r, 7r) and the (unsigned) tughra of Ottoman Sultan Mahmud I (r. 1730-54, fol. 8v), four topographical views of Mecca (fol. 2v), Medina (fol. 6v), Jerusalem (fol 8r), and Selimiye mosque in Edirne (fol. 9r, signed Qayyim-bashi, son of treasurer (sadiqa-khazine) of Aya Sofya), and a world map (fol. 9v), album compiled Ottoman Istanbul, Turkey, c. 1730-1754.

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

Nesne Adı Codex

Yazı Tipi Thuluth script, Naskh script, Nasta'liq script