Back to Search

Calligraphy album from Ottoman Istanbul

Title	Calligraphy album from Ottoman Istanbul
Publication Date:	1733 (1146H)
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	T 445
Library Location	Turkish collection
Date	1733 (1146H)
Notes	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.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Codex
Yazı Tipi	Naskh script

View in source Chester Beatty Chester Beatty - Ottoman library catalog search

Chester Beatty

Calligraphy album from Ottoman Istanbul

Publication Date 1733 (1146H)

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID T 445

Library Location Turkish collection

Date 1733 (1146H)

Notes 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.

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

Nesne Adı Codex

Yazı Tipi Naskh script