Author
Calligrapher: Askari Judge Mustafa Izzat Efendi; Decoration: Muhammad Salih Efendi and Mustafa Rashid Efendi.
Author Original
الخطاط قاضي عسكر مصطفى عزت أفندي؛ الزخرفة محمد صالح أفندي، ومصطفى رشيد أفندي
Publication Date
Safar 1259/March 1843
Publication Place
Istanbul, Turkey. -
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Subject
Aharli glossy paper written on in black ink; The decoration was executed in gold and bright colors. The cover is leather.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
الطول: 28 سم؛ العرض: 19 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
408
Record ID
object;ISL;tr;Mus01;36;ar
Library Location
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Date
Safar 1259/March 1843
Notes
The Qur’an contains 364 pages written in Naskh script and black ink on smooth, polished Aharali paper. The pages are heavily gilded with marginal lines, and each page contains 13 lines. The first Surah (Al-Fatihah) and the first four verses of the second Surah (Al-Baqarah) are decorated with gilding between the lines of text. The surah titles on the two pages on which the verses are written, as well as the areas outside the marginal lines, are covered with gilded, multi-colored leaves in the flamboyant Turkish Baroque style of decoration. All the titles of the surahs were written in white signature script at the top of the gilded decoration. The verses are separated from each other with rose gold ornaments, and the end of every five and ten verses is marked with various kinds of floral shapes on the margins of the page. The leather cover of the Qur’an is brown on the outside and green on the inside. The outer surface of the cover includes free and natural designs of flowers executed in green and yellow gilding. The Qur’an calligrapher Mustafa Izzet Efendi (1215-1292 / 1801-1876) was born in Tusya and came to Istanbul to study. He learned the art of calligraphy from Mustafa Wasif and Yasari Zadeh. His most famous works are a prose narration of the biography of the Prophet Muhammad, and sheets equipped with exercises in the art of calligraphy called Esteve, as well as the inscriptions on the cylindrical base of the dome of Hagia Sophia, which is considered one of the most famous landmarks in the Islamic world. Two artists worked on decorating this Qur’an: Muhammad Saleh, who was the first master of binding in the Ottoman court during the days of Sultan Abdul Majid; And his student Rashid Efendi. Since the beginning of the 12th / 18th century, Turkish art has witnessed a change as a result of the influence of European art. This influence resulted in the style known as Turkish Baroque decoration which is reflected in bookmaking. This Qur’an is considered the most beautiful example in terms of executing decoration on books.
Sample Text
Şule Aksoy “Qur’an” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;tr;Mus01;36;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi
Prepared by:Şule AKSOYŞule Aksoy is Vice Director of the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul. She was born in Istanbul in 1947. She graduated from the Department of History and Art History of the Faculty of Letters, Istanbul University in 1970. She has been working at the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul since 1967, first as an expert, then as the Head of the Manuscripts Department until 2003, when she became Vice Director. She has participated in numerous projects and exhibitions organised by the museum and is the author of various publications.
Seçili bibliyografya
Aksoy, Ş. “Kitap Sanatlarında Türk-Barok-Rokoko üslubu”,Sanat6 (July 1977), pp.126–36.Ölçer, N.et al,In Pursuit of Excellence: The Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul, 1993, pp.62–5.Ölçer, N.et al,Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, Istanbul, 2002, pp.326–27.
