Chained lion and peri (recto), and Persian calligraphy (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

Name: Chained lion and peri (recto), and Persian calligraphy (verso), folio from an Ottoman album
Author: Iran

İsim	Chained lion and peri (recto), and Persian calligraphy (verso), folio from an Ottoman album
Yazar	Iran
Basım Tarihi:	c. 1620
Tür	Belge
Dil	Farsça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	415 mm x 278 mm (height x width)
Kütüphane:	Chester Beatty
Kayıt Numarası	T 439.11
Lokasyon	Turkish collection
Tarih	c. 1620
Notlar	Chained lion and peri (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, all re-mounted in a careful sequence. This album was compiled in early seventeenth-century Ottoman Istanbul, probably for a private citizen. Album-page, ink, colours and gold on paper, mounted on marbled card, two tinted drawings (recto) and Persian calligraphy (verso), one of twelve detached folios from an Ottoman album, Istanbul, Turkey, c. 1620. Recto: resting chained lion, inscribed Bihzad, and an angel or peri wearing a leafy hat, two tinted drawings, mounted on marbled (ebru) paper. Verso: Persian verses in nasta`liq script, signed Hamdullah Khalkhali, mounted on marbled (ebru) paper.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi	Nasta'liq script

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Chained lion and peri (recto), and Persian calligraphy (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

Yazar Iran

Basım Tarihi c. 1620

Tür Belge

Dil Farsça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar 415 mm x 278 mm (height x width)

Kütüphane Chester Beatty

Kayıt Numarası T 439.11

Lokasyon Turkish collection

Tarih c. 1620

Notlar Chained lion and peri (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, all re-mounted in a careful sequence. This album was compiled in early seventeenth-century Ottoman Istanbul, probably for a private citizen. Album-page, ink, colours and gold on paper, mounted on marbled card, two tinted drawings (recto) and Persian calligraphy (verso), one of twelve detached folios from an Ottoman album, Istanbul, Turkey, c. 1620. Recto: resting chained lion, inscribed Bihzad, and an angel or peri wearing a leafy hat, two tinted drawings, mounted on marbled (ebru) paper. Verso: Persian verses in nasta`liq script, signed Hamdullah Khalkhali, mounted on marbled (ebru) paper.

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

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Nasta'liq script