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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)
Leather binding
'Abdallah ibn Ahmad ibn Fadlallah ibn 'Abd al-Hamid al-Qadi al-Qazvini
1339 A.D./ 739 A.H.
Volume 13
'Abdallah ibn Ahmad ibn Fadlallah ibn 'Abd al-Hamid al-Qadi al-Qazvini
1338 A.D./ 739 A.H.
Illuminated Qur'an manuscript
18th century or later
Petition to the grand vizier in pursuit of a position as scribe
Ṣālih Efendi-zāde Meḥmed Emīn
about 1725