A CALLIGRAPHIC ALBUM PAGE
OTTOMAN MEDINA AND TURKEY, DATED AH 966/1558-59 AD
A CALLIGRAPHIC ALBUM PAGE OTTOMAN MEDINA AND TURKEY, DATED AH 966/1558-59 AD Arabic manuscript on paper, one side of the album page with 3ll. of large thuluth interspersed with blocks of naskh , with triangular panels of elegant gold and polychrome illuminated flowering vines set in ruled polychrome borders, one heading in large elegant thuluth on white cloud on gold ground, the other side with six text panels in thuluth and naskh with gold and polychrome roundels, text panels interspersed with gold and polychrome illuminated panels, one panel with intertwining fronds of carnations, tulips and prunus blossoms Text panel 11 5/8 x 8in. (20.2 x 29.8cm); folio 15 1/8 x 10 1/8in. (38.5 x 25.7cm.)
A CALLIGRAPHIC ALBUM PAGE
OTTOMAN MEDINA AND TURKEY, DATED AH 966/1558-59 AD
A CALLIGRAPHIC ALBUM PAGE OTTOMAN MEDINA AND TURKEY, DATED AH 966/1558-59 AD Arabic manuscript on paper, one side of the album page with 3ll. of large thuluth interspersed with blocks of naskh , with triangular panels of elegant gold and polychrome illuminated flowering vines set in ruled polychrome borders, one heading in large elegant thuluth on white cloud on gold ground, the other side with six text panels in thuluth and naskh with gold and polychrome roundels, text panels interspersed with gold and polychrome illuminated panels, one panel with intertwining fronds of carnations, tulips and prunus blossoms Text panel 11 5/8 x 8in. (20.2 x 29.8cm); folio 15 1/8 x 10 1/8in. (38.5 x 25.7cm.)
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