AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC DIPLOMA (IJAZEH)
An Arabic manuscript on paper, upper line in bold black bold thuluth script, 2 lines beneath in neat naskh script, 2 lower cartouches giving the details of the of the ijazeh, interstices filled with rococo floral decoration against a gold ground, laid down on marbled paper
calligraphic panel:14.3 by 23.1cm.
leaf: 25.2 by 33.5 cm.
CATALOGUE NOTE
This Ottoman calligraphers license (ijazeh) gives the name of the student as Muhammad Shukri Efendi and the names of the teachers ‘Ali Shukri (pupil of ‘Umar al-Wasfi) and Mehmed ‘Ilmi Efendi
(father of ‘Ali Shukri Efendi).
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An Arabic manuscript on paper, upper line in bold black bold thuluth script, 2 lines beneath in neat naskh script, 2 lower cartouches giving the details of the of the ijazeh, interstices filled with rococo floral decoration against a gold ground, laid down on marbled paper
calligraphic panel:14.3 by 23.1cm.
leaf: 25.2 by 33.5 cm.
CATALOGUE NOTE
This Ottoman calligraphers license (ijazeh) gives the name of the student as Muhammad Shukri Efendi and the names of the teachers ‘Ali Shukri (pupil of ‘Umar al-Wasfi) and Mehmed ‘Ilmi Efendi
(father of ‘Ali Shukri Efendi).
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