AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAHER'S DIPLOMA (IJAZET)
AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAHER'S DIPLOMA (IJAZET)
An illuminated calligrapher's diploma (ijazet), signed by Abdul Rahim Al-Nafiz, Saleh Al-Sabri, Muhammad Al-Rashdi and Hassan Al-Helmi
Arabic manuscript on paper laid down on card, text written in one line of thuluth script in black ink within a cartouche on a light green ground, above two lines of smaller naskh script on the same ground and within gold cloudbands, four cartouches below this with calligraphers' details, all within a rectangular panel richly decorated with stylised floral motifs and serrated leaves in colours and gold, ruled margins and outer border in colours and gold.
21.5 x 27 cm.
Origin: TURKEY, DATED 1258 AH/1842 AD
Sizes: 21.50 cm. H x 27.00 cm. W
8.46 in. H x 10.63 in. W
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AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAHER'S DIPLOMA (IJAZET)
An illuminated calligrapher's diploma (ijazet), signed by Abdul Rahim Al-Nafiz, Saleh Al-Sabri, Muhammad Al-Rashdi and Hassan Al-Helmi
Arabic manuscript on paper laid down on card, text written in one line of thuluth script in black ink within a cartouche on a light green ground, above two lines of smaller naskh script on the same ground and within gold cloudbands, four cartouches below this with calligraphers' details, all within a rectangular panel richly decorated with stylised floral motifs and serrated leaves in colours and gold, ruled margins and outer border in colours and gold.
21.5 x 27 cm.
Origin: TURKEY, DATED 1258 AH/1842 AD
Sizes: 21.50 cm. H x 27.00 cm. W
8.46 in. H x 10.63 in. W
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