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Friday, April 06, 2007

Hattat Abdülfettah Efendi (1815-1896)

By Abdülfettah Efendi, dated lower mid, signed, celi sülüs müsenna script framed inscription in Ulucami (Great Mosque)Bursa/Turkey.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Yeserizade Mustafa Izzet Efendi (? - 1849)

By Yeserizade Mustafa Efendi, signed and dated lower left, zerendud panel, 28x31 cm. Transcription: Ya Hadrath Sad Ibn Abi Waqqas (Name of a companion of the Prophet Muhammad [pbuh]).

Photograph © www.antikalar.com, Antik A.S., Istanbul

Mehmed Emin Sirri (c.1773)

By Mehmed Emin Sirri, signed and dated 1773. Inscription of Divine Names "Hayyum and Kayyum" Translation: The everliving One and the Self-Existing One.

Photograph ©www.turk.ch

Mehmed Hafiz el Kirmani (c.1775)

By Mehmed Hafiz el Kirmani, dated 1775, on wood panel, inscription of the Prophet Muhammads name "Muhammad" (Peace and blessing upon him). Translation: The most praised one.

Photograph © www.turk.ch

Anonymous

Anonymous, a mevlavi crown inscription on wood panel.

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Sultan Ahmed III (December 30, 1673—July 1, 1736)

Calligraphy by Sultan Ahmed III on wood panel, transcription: 'In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful'.

Ahmed III (Ottoman Turkish: Aḥmed-i sālis) (December 30, 1673—July 1, 1736) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and a son of Sultan Mehmed IV (1648–87). He succeeded to the throne in 1703 on the abdication of his brother Mustafa II (1695–1703). Nevşehirli Damat İbrahim Pasha and his daughter, Princess Hatice (Wife of the former) directed the government from 1718 to 1730, a period referred to as the Tulip Era. Sultan Ahmed III was a pupil of Hafiz Osman Efendi (1642-1698).

Photograph © http://turk.ch

Ahmet Demir (b 6 November 1964)

(b Kagithane,Istanbul, 6 November 1964). Turkish calligrapher, active in Turkey. He attended Sarıyer İmam Hatip Lisesi (College), in Istanbul; where he graduated in 1981. Ahmet Demir also attended lectures in calligraphy.He was a pupil of calligrapher Yusuf Sezer. In 1996 he entered Yusuf Sezer´s studio, where he studied with much success and where he graduated 2002. Since 2002 he teaches calligraphy in Istanbul.

Work in celi sülüs script. Transcription: Subhana'Allah.

Photograph © http://www.hattatahmetdemir.com/

THE ART OF CALLIGRAPHY IN ISLAMIC HERITAGE

THE ART OF CALLIGRAPHY IN ISLAMIC HERITAGE
prepared by Uğur Derman,
edited with foreword by Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu,
historical overview with the contributions of Nihat M. Çetin,
translated into Arabic by Salih Sadawi Salih translated into English by Mohamed Zakariya, Mohamed Asfour.


This album gives the history of the Islamic art of calligraphy starting from the development of the Arabic script through the last great artists of the Ottoman school of calligraphy. It is printed on high quality paper and contains 192 colour plates of calligraphy by Muslim artists from the first century Hijra to the present time with annotations about the style of writing and other characteristics of the work and the biography of each calligrapher.

Arabic Edition: FANN AL-KHATT, Istanbul, 1990
236 pages, 192 colour plates, 41x32 cm
Price: US$ 150 including post
ISBN 92-9063-520-7

Turkish Edition: HAT SANATI, Istanbul, 1992
244 pages, 192 colour plates, 41x32 cm
Price: US$ 150, including post
ISBN 92-9063-521-5

English Edition: THE ART OF CALLIGRAPHY IN THE ISLAMIC HERITAGE, Istanbul, 1998
192 colour plates, 41 x32 cm
Price: US$ 195, including post
ISBN 92-9063-074-4

Japanese Edition, Published by Heibonsha Limited

Malay Edition: SENI KHAT, Translated by Romzi Omar and Fauzi Mustafa. Published by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka and IRCICA, Kuala Lumpur, 2000, Malaysia

© http://www3.ircica.org/kategoriler.php?grup=PUBLICATIONS

Mustafa Kütahi Efendi (? -1787)

By Mustafa Kütahi, sülüs script Hilya.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Mustafa Rakim Efendi (1757-1825)

By Mustafa Rakim Efendi, entrance door epitaph of Fatih Naksidil Türbesi (tomb) Istanbul, celi sülüs script.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Mustafa Rakim Efendi (1757-1825)

By Mustafa Rakim Efendi, Fatih Naksidil Türbesi (tomb) Istanbul, sülüs script panel.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Mustafa Rakim Efendi (1757-1825)

By Mustafa Rakim Efendi, lower part dome of Fatih Naksidil Türbesi (tomb) Istanbul, celi sülüs script.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Mustafa Rakim Efendi (1757-1825)

By Mustafa Rakim Efendi, Fatih Naksidil Türbesi (tomb) in Istanbul, celi sülüs script panel.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Mustafa Rakim Efendi (1757-1825)

By Mustafa Rakim Efendi, Sultan Mustafa IV.Tughra.


Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Mustafa Rakim Efendi (1757-1825)

ByMustafa Rakim Efendi, a Sultan Mustafa II Tughra Topkapi Palace entrance of Bab-i-Humayun, Istanbul.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Mustafa Rakim Efendi (1757-1825)

By Mustafa Rakim Efendi, a sufi crown of Nakhsibandi order.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Mustafa Rakim Efendi (1757-1825)

By Hattat Mustafa Rakim Efendi, work Eyüp Mihrisah Sultan tomb, Hilye.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Mustafa Rakim Efendi (1757-1825)

By Mustafa Rakim Efendi, dated 1228 (1813), celi sülüs script, Muhammed Methiye, 35x45 cm.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Yeserizade Mustafa Izzet Efendi (? - 1849)

By Yeserizade Mustafa Izzet Efendi talik script Hilya Hakani.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Yeserizade Mustafa Izzet Efendi (? - 1849)

Epitaph of Abdülhamid University (medrese) in Istanbul by Yeserizade Mustafa Izzet Efendi celi talik script.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Yeserizade Mustafa Izzet Efendi (? - 1849)

By Yeserizade Mustafa Efendi zerendud panel,70x90 cm
Photograph ©Auction House Antik A.Ş, Istanbul.

Yeserizade Mustafa Izzet Efendi (? - 1849)

By Yeserizade Mustafa Efendi, dated 1261 (1845) celi talik script, 41x54 cm.

Photograph ©Auction House Portakal, Istanbul.

Mehmed Nazif Bey (1846 -1913)

Mehmed Nazif was from Rusçuk (Romania). He studied by Burdurlu Hafiz Vahdeti in Istanbul calligraphy. His second master was Sami Efendi. He worked as a official at the Military Maps Department in Istanbul. He also was teaching calligrapy at schools in Istanbul. Died in 1913 in Istanbul.

Mehmed Nazif Bey (1846 -1913)

By Mehmed Nazif Bey, signed (ketebe) sülüs script,9x13 cm.

Photograph ©Auction House Portakal, Istanbul.

Mehmed Nazif Bey (1846 -1913)

By Mehmed Nazif signed sülüs nesih script, ornamental decoration in style of rococo, 17.5x20 cm.

Photograph ©Auction House Portakal, Istanbul.

Mehmed Nazif Bey (1846 -1913)

By Mehmed Nazif Bey sülüs script panel from Mehmet Özcay Collection, Turkey.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Mehmed Nazif Bey (1846 -1913)

By Mehmed Nazif Bey celi sülüs script panel.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Mehmed Nazif Bey (1846 -1913)

By Mehmed Nazif Bey iceli sülüs script panel.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Mehmed Nazif Bey (1846 -1913)

Mehmed Nazif Bey (attributed), dated 1330(1911) 345x28 cm.

Photograph ©Auction House Portakal, Istanbul.

Mehmed Nazif Bey (1846 -1913)

By Hattat Mehmed Nazif, dated 1318 (1900) 11x23 cm.
Photograph ©Auction House Portakal, Istanbul.

Kadiasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi (1801 – 1876)

By Kazasker Mustafa Efendi celi sülüs script framed inscription, 46x37 cm, undated.

Photograph ©Auction House Portakal, Istanbul.

Kadiasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi (1801 – 1876)

By Kazasker Mustafa Efendi celi sülüs script framed inscription.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Kadiasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi (1801 – 1876)

Epitaph by Kadiasker Mustafa Efendi in Besiktas (Istanbul) Kücükmecidiye Cami entrance door in celi tali script.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Kadiasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi (1801 – 1876)

Inscription of the dome of Hagia Sofia (Ayasofya Camii kubbesi) in Istanbul by Kazasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Kadiasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi (1801 – 1876)

By Hattat Kadiasker Mustafa Efendi a sülüs nesih script Hilya.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Bakkal Ahmed Arif Efendi (1830 – 1909)

By Bakkal Arif, dated 1315 (1897), a celi sülüs script framed panel. A poem vers by Sultan Süleyman I. "“Alem içre muteber bir nesne yok devlet gibi olmaya devlet cihanda bir nefes sıhhat gibi”.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Bakkal Ahmed Arif Efendi (1830 – 1909)

By Bakkal Ahmed Arif Efendi a sülüs nesih script Hilya.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Bakkal Ahmed Arif Efendi (1830 – 1909)

By Bakkal Ahmed Arif Efendi a celi sülüs nesih script Hilya.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Hafiz Osman Efendi (1642-1698)

A work by Osman Efendis´firts master Dervis Ali I. a sülüs nesih script kit´a.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Hafiz Osman Efendi (1642-1698)

By Hafiz Osman Efendi a sülüs nesih script kit´a.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Hafiz Osman Efendi (1642-1698)

By Hafiz Osman Efendi sülüs nesih script kit´a.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Hafiz Osman Efendi (1642-1698)

By Hafiz Osman Efendi Hilya, Sadberk Hanim Museum, Istanbul.

Photograph ©Sadberk Hanim Museum, Istanbul

Hafiz Osman Efendi (1642-1698)

By Hafiz Osman a sülüs nesih script hadith panel from private collection.

Photograph ©Auction House Portakal, Istanbul. http://www.portakal.com

Hafiz Osman Efendi (1642-1698)


By Hafiz Osman sülüs nesih script Hadith panel.

Photograph © Auction House Portakal, Istanbul

Hafiz Osman Efendi (1642-1698)

By Hafiz Osman Efendi a Enam- i -Serif in nesih script from Ömer Faruk Dere Photography Archiv.

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Mehmed Sevki Efendi (1829 – 1887)

Icazetname with Hilya for Bakkal Ahmed Arif Efendi by Mehmed Sevki Efendi with signature of Yahya Efendi (lower left)

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Mehmed Sevki Efendi (1829 – 1887)

A inscription from a Hadith Book by Mehmed Sevki Efendi (Private Collection Turkey)


Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Mehmed Sevki Efendi (1829 – 1887)


Framed inscription by Mehmed Sevki Efendi in Bursa Ulucami Mosque in city of Edirne - celi divani script.


Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Mehmed Sevki Efendi (1829 – 1887)

A framed inscription by Mehmed Sevki Efendi in Fatih Mosque Istanbul


Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Sheikh Hamdullah Efendi (1436 - 1520)

Epitaph by Hattat Seyh Hamdullah celi sülüs script - Istanbul Sultanahmet Firuzaga Cami Kitabesi

Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp

Sheikh Hamdullah Efendi (1436-1520)


Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, Istanbul. http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/portal/yayinlarimiz.asp