Publication Date
Approximately 905 AH / approximately 1500 AD
Publication Place
Probably Istanbul, Turkey -
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject
Main carrier: ink, watercolor and gold on paper Margins: ink, watercolor and gold on marbled paper Carpet: wool (warp, weft and pile) and pile woven symmetrically
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع : 32.1 سم العرض : 32.8 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
1982.120.3
Record ID
object;EPM;us;Mus23;43;ar
Library Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date
Approximately 905 AH / approximately 1500 AD
Notes
This album contains samples written by one of the most famous Turkish calligraphers, Sheikh Hamdallah (died in 1519), who developed the Naksha style and the third from teachers in the past to suit the Ottoman taste. These pages, which show control, precision, and gentle flow, but also exaggeration in some letters, constitute a living rhythmic model and show the calligrapher’s stage of maturity. The texts are from the hadith, which is a collection of the words of the Prophet Muhammad and his sermons, which are an important source of moral and legal guidance in Islamic law. On each page, there are many lines in small script (nakshi), framed by one or two lines of larger script (thuluth) or muhaqqiq, and then pasted onto pages of marbled paper, which was developed in Türkiye and became much preferred for planning work.
Sample Text
“Calligraphers’ album includes poetry and hadiths of the Prophet” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;43;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi
MWNF Working Number: US3 43
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