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Leaf from Ottoman Diploma in Calligraphy

Muhammad Hilmi Afandi (Scribe)
Yaziji zadah (Scribe)
Isma'il al-Zuhdi Katib al-Saray al-Sultani (Scribe)
Muhammad Hasib (Scribe)
'Ali al-Wasfi (Scribe)
1219 AH/AD 1804-1805 (Ottoman)
ink and pigments on paper mounted on thin pasteboard
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)

This page from Walters manuscript W.674 bears 4 diplomas written within illuminated cartouches inscribed in ijazah script by the following master calligraphers: Yaziji zadah, Isma'il al-Zuhdi Katib al-Saray al-Sultani, Muhammad Hasib, and 'Ali al-Wasfi. The page is dated 1219 AH/AD 1804-1805.

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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Turkey (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Folio H: 6 5/16 x W: 8 11/16 in. (16 x 22 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

W.674.2B

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Ottoman Diploma in Calligraphy

Muhammad Hilmi Afandi
1219 AH/AD 1804-1805 (Ottoman)
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