Tezkiretü'l-hattatin - تذكرة الخطاطين

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7954
  • Dates of Creation
    • 17th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 67 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 67 ff. Dimensions : 184 mm x 133 mm. Script : Nesih, fully vocalized.

Scope and Content

This volume contains biographies of famous Arabic, Persian and Ottoman Turkish calligraphers compiled by İbrahim Nefeszade (died 1050 AH/1640-41 CE). It is divided into 1 fasl and 2 bablar, the latter dealing with the materials used in calligraphy and other technical aspects of the art. The manuscript was likely copied in the 17th century CE.

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Subjects

Calligraphy