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Album of Ottoman calligraphy

Title	Album of Ottoman calligraphy
Author	Istanbul
Publication Date:	c. 1500-1520 (calligraphy), 1700-1800 (illumination)
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	309 mm x 205 mm x 15 mm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	T 426
Library Location	Turkish collection
Date	c. 1500-1520 (calligraphy), 1700-1800 (illumination)
Notes	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.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Codex
Yazı Tipi	Thuluth script, Naskh script

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Album of Ottoman calligraphy

Author Istanbul

Publication Date c. 1500-1520 (calligraphy), 1700-1800 (illumination)

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 309 mm x 205 mm x 15 mm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID T 426

Library Location Turkish collection

Date c. 1500-1520 (calligraphy), 1700-1800 (illumination)

Notes 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.

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

Nesne Adı Codex

Yazı Tipi Thuluth script, Naskh script