Sunday, April 22, 2007

Approaching Ottoman History. An Introduction to the Sources by Suraiya Faroqhi

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Suraiya Faroqhi’s scholarly contribution to the field of Ottoman history has been prodigious. Her latest book represents a summation of that...

Sacred: World Faiths Brought to Book

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Sacred. This groundbreaking exhibition brings together some of the world's most important and beautiful religious texts for the first t...

Tarih Vakfi - The History Foundation Istanbul

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The History Foundation is a non-governmental organization working in the public interest with the objective of developing and extending hist...
Saturday, April 21, 2007

Mosques of Istanbul

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The mosques of Istanbul represent the splendour of Islamic architecture. Their central domes, rising above the skyline of the city, convey b...
Friday, April 20, 2007

The Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul

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The Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul (SRII) is a Turkey-based Swedish multidisciplinary research institute founded in 1962. The SRII i...

Islamic Art Collections: An International Survey

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This text, an index of Islamic art collections in museums, libraries and other institutions, and in private hands, includes a short descript...

Recommend Reading: Paper Before Print

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Jonathan Bloom, Paper Before Print. The History and Impact of Paper in the Islamic World Nov 19, 2001 320 p., 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 53 b/w + 48 col...
Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Ottoman and Arabic Manuscripts of the National Library of the Czech Republic: Hafiz Mustafa

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Mushaf sheets is dated 1211 A. H. (1796 C. E.) Size: 17 x 12.4 cm. The copy was made by Hafiz Mustafa. The book was bought in Damascus in 1...
Monday, April 16, 2007

Chart of the Persian Gulf to Baghdad

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“Chart of the Persian Gulf to Baghdad” Printed in color by the Naval Academy in 1865. Drawn by the schoolmaster Ali Bey of the War Academy,...

“Armorial from the Reign of Sultan Abdümecit (1839-1861)”

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Armorial from the Reign of Sultan Abdümecit (1839-1861). Artist: unknown. This wooden armorial carved in relief with the Sultan's monogr...
Sunday, April 15, 2007

Editor´s Excerption Picks: "Cloud Papers for Philip Taaffe"

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by Peter Lamborn Wilson "...Islam does not “ban the image.” On the contrary, it symbolizes itself by an image, the crescent and star. A...
Saturday, April 14, 2007

Osman Özcay (b.1963)

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Calligrapher Osman Özçay, younger brother of calligrapher Mehmed Özcay, was born in Çaykara, in the province of Trabzon in 1963. He attended...

Mehmed Özcay (b. 1961)

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Mehmed Özçay was born in 1961 in the Çaykara district of the province of Trabzon, in Turkey. He completed his elementary and secondary educa...

Hamid Aytac [Azmi, Musa; al-Amidi, Hamid] (1891-1982)

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(b Diyarbakir, 1891; d Istanbul, 10 May 1982). Turkish calligrapher. Originally called Musa Azmi , he was the grandson of Seyyid Adem, a fam...
Friday, April 13, 2007

Notable Readings: Açıklamalı Hüsn-i Hat Bibliyografyası Yazmalar - Kitaplar - Makaleler Kitaplarda Hatla İlgili Bölümler Dış Ülkelerdeki Yayınlar

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Açıklamalı Hüsn-i Hat Bibliyografyası Yazmalar - Kitaplar - Makaleler Kitaplarda Hatla İlgili Bölümler Dış Ülkelerdeki Yayınlar , Ali Haydar...

A Collectors´ Vision - Ugur Derman

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Professor M. Ugur Derman's name is synonymous with calligraphy and marbling. Though he majored in pharmacy as a profession he has rather...

Calligraphic Art in The Library of Congress: Ottoman Calligraphers and Their Works

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This collection presents 355 Arabic calligraphy sheets, ranging from the 9th to the 19th centuries, including examples of calligraphic art -...

Calligrapher: unknown (c.1550-1600)

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Dimensions of Written Surface: Recto: 9.5 (w) x 19 (h) cm Script: Ottoman naskh This fragment contains on the top line the last two verses (...

Abdulvehhap Zihni Efendi

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Abdulvehhap Zihni, dated A.H.1264 (C.E.1847) Mevlawi crown, 23x17.5 cm. Photograph © Macka Mezat, Istanbul JOC provides access to these mate...

Yahya Sufi [b.? -d.1477]

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Tile panel by Yahya Sufi of celi sülüs kufi script, Fatih Cami (Mosque) Istanbul. Photograph ©HAT SAN'ATI Tarihçe, Malzeme ve Örnekler, ...