Publication Date
1600
Subject
Calligraphy, Turkish -- Specimens, Calligraphy, Arabic -- Specimens, Calligraphy, Persian -- Specimens, Islamic calligraphy -- Specimens, Writing, Arabic -- Specimens, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
kitap
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
19
Physical Dimensions
19 panels : paper ; 220 x 320 mm. bound to 235 x 345 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194776538
Record ID
990068146580106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1600-1797
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from upper cover., Collation: 19 heavy panels (pasteboards) attached via red cloth stubs (supported by further board)., Layout: Varies greatly by piece., Script: Naskh (nesih), thuluth (sülüs) and nastaʻlīq (talik), varying by piece ; superb Ottoman and Persian calligraphic hands., Decoration: Varies by piece ; use of gold and colored pigments in frames, decorative borders, textual dividers and accents (mainly rosettes)., Support: Calligraphic pieces on assorted laid papers, well-burnished ; some decorative papers, tinted or marbled ; each mounted in heavy pasteboards (panels) covered in dark green coated and textured paper with edges gold-painted., Binding: Heavy boards covered in red leather ; Western style binding ; interior of boards (and facing panels) lined with white, textured paper (satin-like pattern) ; upper and lower covers carry central panel with the Ottoman arms (upper cover) or crescent and star (lower cover) gold-stamped on bright green satin, outlined in gold-tooled stars and bordered in gold-stamped (with dark green leather onlays) cartouches with crescent and star accents ; board edges heavily beveled and gold-tooled ; edges of panels gold-painted ; sewn in heavy pink cord ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion, lifting and losses of onlays, etc., Former shelfmark: "211" inscribed in pencil on opening panel., Origin: Dates in dated pieces range from 1009 [1600 or 1] to 1211 [1796 or 7]. Some pieces possibly earlier. Binding late 19th or early 20th century, likely produced in Yıldız Palace workshop and certainly not earlier than 1882 when the arma was finalized by Sultan Abdülhamit II., Upper cover stamped with Ottoman arms (arma / آرما ), tuğra (ṭughrā / طغرا) at head only faintly visible though likely that of Sultan Abdülhamit II., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 439
Sample Text
Exquisite album of assorted calligraphic specimens (36 kıt'alar / pieces), likely assembled and bound for Sultan Abdülhamit II (r.1876-1909). Contents briefly addressed by Muhittin Serin in "Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'ndeki Bazı Kütüphanelerde Bulunan İslam El Yazma Eserleri ve Michigan Üniversitesi II. Abdülhamid Koleksiyonu." Contributions to the cataloguing from Mamoun Sakkal.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Referanslar
University of Michigan Library. Manuscripts & papyri : an exhibition arranged for the XXVII International Congress of Orientalists, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 13-19, 1967. (Ann Arbor, MI [?], 1967), no.29 p.8, Serin, Muhittin. "Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'ndeki Bazı Kütüphanelerde Bulunan İslam El Yazma Eserleri ve Michigan Üniversitesi II. Abdülhamid Koleksiyonu." Akademik Araştırmalar Dergisi 2, 4-5, (2000)., Derman, M. Uğur. Letters in gold : Ottoman calligraphy from the Sakıp Sabancı collection, Istanbul. New York : Metropolitian Museum of Art : Distributed by H.N. Abrams, c1998., Rado, Şevket. Türk hattatları : XV. yüzyıldan günümüze kadar gelmiş ünlü hattatların hayatları ve yazılarından örnekler. İstanbul : Yayın Matbaacılık Ticaret Limited Şti., [1984?]., Bayānī, Mahdī. Aḥvāl va āsār-i khūshʹnavīsān : nastaʻlīq navīsān. [Tehran] : Dānishgāh-i Tihrān, 1345 [1966]., Blair, Sheila. Islamic calligraphy. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006.
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
