Lot 102
Illuminated album page of naskhi and thuluth calligraphy Ottoman Turkey or Timurid Persia, late 15th/ 16th Century
29 April 2004, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,000 - £1,500
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Ottoman Turkey or Timurid Persia, late 15th/ 16th Century
Ottoman Turkey or Timurid Persia, late 15th/ 16th Century
text written in 6 lines: first and last lines in bold thuluth script in black ink within rectangular panels decorated with serrated leaves in black ink and brown hatching, central panel with text written in neat naskhi script in black ink, flanked by two illuminated panels decorated with arabesques in orange-red and gold on blue ground incorporating the name of the celebrated scribe Yaqut al-Musta’simi and the date AH 681/ AD 1282, creased, trimmed, one corner damaged with loss of parts of letters, laid down on album page, verso with two seal impressions, one in the shape of a tughra with the name of Tabtaba’i
text area 150 by 225mm.; album page 198 x 307 mm.
text area 150 by 225mm.; album page 198 x 307 mm.
Footnotes
Towards the end of the 15th Century there was a revival of interest in the early calligraphers who contributed to the perfection of the six scripts. The most celebrated of those scribes was Yaqut al-Musta’simi (died c.1298 A.D) and his pupils.
Numerous Qur’ans, prayer books and album pages were copied in Persia, Turkey, Egypt and Syria from original manuscripts, and embellished with the names of the calligraphers and their dates.