Calligraphy album from Ottoman Istanbul

Creator

Mehmed Sa`id Berberzade

Country

Ireland

Provider

Chester Beatty

Collection

1100_Chester_Beatty

Calligraphy album, by Mehmed Sa`id Berberzade. This album was created in Ottoman Istanbul, in 1733. The fine calligraphy was written out by a man who had studied under the master-calligrapher Mehmed Efendi (d. 1753), known as Şekerzade ("son of sugar") because his father was a confectioner. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, set into gold-flecked card mounts, 4 folios, Arabic text in naskh script, album of calligraphy quoting lines from the Hadith, signed Mehmed Sa`id Berberzade (d. 1774

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