Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim, panel of calligraphy, perhaps a practice sheet in the style of Ahmed Kharahisari, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Ottoman Turkey, probably second half of sixteenth century] Single leaf, with single line of stylised black calligraphy, outlined in black and panel ruled in green, gold and black ruling, space between text and border filled with spiralling vines heightened in green and blue, with a background hatching of red to fill the space, parchment yellowed with some light water-staining to edges, old cockling causing cracks to the pigments in the text and illustrations, reverse blank, c. 98 by 186 mm. This piece presents a number of questions. Clearly it is of significant age, and the cockling that has affected the main inscription as well as the border decoration strongly suggests this. However the parchment here is of low quality, indicating that it was unlikely to have been used for manuscript production. The script is finely executed and notably close to that of Ahmed Kharahisari (14681566, leading Ottoman calligrapher working in the courts of Suleyman I), but the parchment here is of low quality and not in keeping with use for manuscript production. This would appear to be a practice sheet, or perhaps part of a maquette, perhaps produced in his workshop of Kharahisari.
Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim, panel of calligraphy, perhaps a practice sheet in the style of Ahmed Kharahisari, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Ottoman Turkey, probably second half of sixteenth century] Single leaf, with single line of stylised black calligraphy, outlined in black and panel ruled in green, gold and black ruling, space between text and border filled with spiralling vines heightened in green and blue, with a background hatching of red to fill the space, parchment yellowed with some light water-staining to edges, old cockling causing cracks to the pigments in the text and illustrations, reverse blank, c. 98 by 186 mm. This piece presents a number of questions. Clearly it is of significant age, and the cockling that has affected the main inscription as well as the border decoration strongly suggests this. However the parchment here is of low quality, indicating that it was unlikely to have been used for manuscript production. The script is finely executed and notably close to that of Ahmed Kharahisari (14681566, leading Ottoman calligrapher working in the courts of Suleyman I), but the parchment here is of low quality and not in keeping with use for manuscript production. This would appear to be a practice sheet, or perhaps part of a maquette, perhaps produced in his workshop of Kharahisari.
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