Publication Date
Hijri 961 - 962 / AD 1554
Publication Place
Turkey, Court workshop Istanbul -
Museum of Arts and Crafts (MKG)
Subject
Color and gold ink on paper, three-ply leather binding with gold running
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع : 23.6 سم ، الطول : 15.8 سم ، عدد الصفحات : 213
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
1886.168
Record ID
object;EPM;de;Mus21;5;ar
Library Location
Museum of Arts and Crafts (MKG)
Date
Hijri 961 - 962 / AD 1554
Notes
This precious and richly decorated collection is a manuscript by the poet and Sultan Suleiman I, whose professional name is Muhebbi, which literally translates to “Muhibb,” or lover of God. The collection consists of 213 pages with 614 verses written in taliq script. My dog hair is framed with natural gilding, gilded and flowered. The leather binding is also decorated with floral designs gilded with gold and bears the following inscriptions: “This is the third collection of hadiths on the poetry of Sultan Sultans of the Ghazi Sultan Suleiman Khan, so that his authority may last until the Day of Resurrection (translation by Czygan 2018, p. 190). Other well-known collections of Sultan Süleyman are in the Süleymaniye Library in Istanbul (Part No. T 3873) and Istanbul University. The calligrapher and gilder can also be identified by the publisher’s information, which says: “Haji Muhammad finished this work while praying from his heart for continued conquests and victory in the last ten days of the month of Rabi’ al-Thani of the year 961 (March 25 - April 4, 1154) (ibid., 190). The gilder, Kara Mimi, worked in Suleiman's court and is well known for his colorful, innovative decorations that replaced the Safavid legacy of book illumination. This is a unique example of Ottoman book decoration, as each page of Mimi’s work forms a unique, non-repetitive design, and each plant depicted in a real way can be identified individually by its drawn botanical characteristics, which gives the gilding a character close to encyclopedic. In 1886, the Diwan was purchased from a dealer, Franz Bock, by the founder and initial director of the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Hamburg, Justus Brinkmann.
Sample Text
"Diwan Muhibi" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;de;Mus21;5;ar
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Seçili bibliyografya
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