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Ottoman Diploma in Calligraphy (ijāzah)
Ottoman Diploma in Calligraphy (ijāzah)

Ottoman Diploma in Calligraphy (ijāzah)

1825 A.D./ 1241 A.H.
Object PlaceTurkey
Medium/TechniqueInk, color and gold on paper; leather binding with marbled paper
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number29.135
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
ProvenanceMiss Elizabeth (Riefstahl) Titzel (b. 1889 - d. 1986), New York; 1929, sold by Miss Elizabeth (Riefstahl) Titzel to the MFA for $5000.00 (total price for 29.56-136). (Accession Date: January 3, 1929)
Illuminated Qur'an manuscript
Illuminated Qur'an manuscript
16th century
Bound section of an illuminated Qur'an manuscript
Bound section of an illuminated Qur'an manuscript
1092 A.D. / 485 A.H.
Leather binding
Bound section (juz' 24) of a 30-volume Qur'an
'Abdallah ibn Ahmad ibn Fadlallah ibn 'Abd al-Hamid al-Qadi al-Qazvini
1339 A.D./ 739 A.H.
Volume 13
Bound section (juz' 13) of a 30-volume Qur'an
'Abdallah ibn Ahmad ibn Fadlallah ibn 'Abd al-Hamid al-Qadi al-Qazvini
1338 A.D./ 739 A.H.
Illuminated Qur'an manuscript
Illuminated Qur'an manuscript
18th century or later
Image Not Available for Illuminated manuscript, "Mathnawi" (Spiritual Couplets) by the Sufi poet Jalal al-Din Rumi
Illuminated manuscript, "Mathnawi" (Spiritual Couplets) by the Sufi poet Jalal al-Din Rumi
Lutfullah ibn Mustafa
1697 (1108 Hijra)
Image Not Available for Illuminated manuscript, "Dala'il al-Khayrat," a collection of blessings for the Prophet Muhammad by Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli (d. 1465/ 869 AH)
Illuminated manuscript, "Dala'il al-Khayrat," a collection of blessings for the Prophet Muhammad by Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli (d. 1465/ 869 AH)
1722 A.D./ 1134 A.H.
Folio 22
Bound section of an illuminated Qur'an manuscript
14th–15th century
Folios 16 Verso; Folio 17 Recto
Bound section of an illuminated Qur'an manuscript
1338 A.D./ 739 A.H.
Petition to the grand vizier in pursuit of a position as scribe
Petition to the grand vizier in pursuit of a position as scribe
Ṣālih Efendi-zāde Meḥmed Emīn
about 1725
Page with illuminated calligraphy, Hadith (Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad)
Page with illuminated calligraphy, Hadith (Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad)
Hâfız Osman
1697 A.D./ 1108 A.H.
Image Not Available for Page with illuminated calligraphy, Hadith (Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad)
Page with illuminated calligraphy, Hadith (Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad)
Hâfız Yûsuf
18th century