Publication Date
1508
Subject
Islamic calligraphy -- Specimens, Writing, Arabic -- Specimens, Calligraphy, Arabic -- Specimens, Calligraphy, Persian -- Specimens, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
kitap
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
22
Physical Dimensions
22 panels : paper ; 300 x 400 bound to 320 x 425 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194845732
Record ID
990068146570106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1508-1900
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from upper cover., Collation: Twenty-two 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) ; two miniatures, one in Indian style, the other Persian, each featuring a pair of lovers., 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 light green-gold onlays) decorative panels in vegetal designs with crescents gold-stamped on mint-green silk onlays at the four corners ; 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 silk onlays, etc., Former shelfmark: "210" inscribed in pencil on opening panel., Origin: Dated pieces range from 914 [1508 or 9] to 1317 [1899 or 1900]. 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. 438
Sample Text
Exquisite album of assorted calligraphic specimens (42 kıt'alar / pieces), many signed, possibly assembled and bound for Sultan Abdülhamit II (r.1876-1909) or someone within his circle. 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
Brocade of the pen : the art of Islamic writing. Carol Garrett Fisher, ed. (East Lansing, MI: Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, 1991), no.4, p.83, Zakariya, Mohamed. "Islamic calligraphy: A technical overview." In Brocade of the pen: the art of Islamic writing. Carol Garrett Fisher, ed. (East Lansing, MI: Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, 1991): 1-17, 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., Grube, Ernest J. Calligraphy and the decorative arts of Islam. (London: Bluett & Sons Ltd, 1976), nos. 7 and 8, Calligraphie islamique: Textes sacrés et profanes [= Islamic calligraphy: Sacred and secular writings]. (Geneva : Musée d'art et d'histoire and Treasures of Islam, 1988), no.140
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
