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Prophet Yusuf predicting seven lean years for Egypt's harvests, from Yusuf and Zulaykha by Hamdullah Chelebi (d. 1509).

Title	Prophet Yusuf predicting seven lean years for Egypt's harvests, from Yusuf and Zulaykha by Hamdullah Chelebi (d. 1509).
Publication Date:	c. 1550-1600
Type	Document
Language	Turkish
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	203 mm x 126 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	T 428.169
Library Location	Turkish collection
Date	c. 1550-1600
Notes	Prophet Yusuf predicting seven lean years for Egypt's harvests, from Yusuf and Zulaykha by Hamdullah Chelebi (d. 1509). Identifiable by his fiery halo, the young Prophet Yusuf (or Joseph, in Christian tradition) stands before the Pharaoh, and predicts that Egypt's harvests will be bad for seven years in a row. Despite the location of the story, this royal garden scene is painted in the distinctive mode of Iran. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Turkish verses in naskh script, with painting (on recto), from Yusuf and Zulaykha, by Hamdullah Chelebi, also known as Hamdi (d. 1509), composed 1491-2 (897H), Ottoman Turkey, undated, c. 1550-1600.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi	Naskh script

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Prophet Yusuf predicting seven lean years for Egypt's harvests, from Yusuf and Zulaykha by Hamdullah Chelebi (d. 1509).

Publication Date c. 1550-1600

Type Document

Language Turkish

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 203 mm x 126 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID T 428.169

Library Location Turkish collection

Date c. 1550-1600

Notes Prophet Yusuf predicting seven lean years for Egypt's harvests, from Yusuf and Zulaykha by Hamdullah Chelebi (d. 1509). Identifiable by his fiery halo, the young Prophet Yusuf (or Joseph, in Christian tradition) stands before the Pharaoh, and predicts that Egypt's harvests will be bad for seven years in a row. Despite the location of the story, this royal garden scene is painted in the distinctive mode of Iran. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Turkish verses in naskh script, with painting (on recto), from Yusuf and Zulaykha, by Hamdullah Chelebi, also known as Hamdi (d. 1509), composed 1491-2 (897H), Ottoman Turkey, undated, c. 1550-1600.

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

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Naskh script