This volume contains a late Ottoman Turkish genealogical tree of scribes and calligraphers of the Islamic world and especially the Ottoman Empire. The first name mentioned is that of the Prophet İsmail, and among the last is Ali Namık, who was active in 1283 AH (1866-67 CE). In some cases, biographical notices or anecdotes are included. Six of the 19 folios are blank. The manuscript was likely copied between 1870 and 1880 CE.
Silsile-yi Hattatin - سلسلۀ خطاطین
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- Reference
- GB 59 Or 14157
- Dates of Creation
- 1870-1880
- Language of Material
- Turkish
- Physical Description
- 1 text 19 ff Materials : Polished buff paper, ebru endpapers. Foliation : European, 19 ff. Dimensions : 238 mm x 167 mm; the text is meant to be viewed in landscape format. Ruling : Red text frames on some folios. Script : Talik. Ink : Black ink with red used for lines, headings and some names, dates, and biographies. Binding : Tan leather with a spray of flowers in the centre, radiating quasi-floral sunray motifs in corners within Greek frieze borders. The motifs and borders are repeated on the flap, with all embellishments in gilt.
Scope and Content
Access Information
Not Public Record(s)
Unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Purchased by the British Library at Sotheby's auction on 19 April 1983.
Bibliography
A similar Hattatlar silsilesi is published, in its original format but in romanization, in Rado, Şevket, Türk hattatları : XV. yüzyıldan günümüze kadar gelmiş ünlü hattatların hayatları ve yazılarından örnekler (İstanbul: Ticaret, 1984), pp. 282-295. It is probably the work of Kebecizade Mehmet Vasfi, with additions by Uğur Derman covering calligraphers from the second quarter of the 19th century down to 1975. In this form it first appeared in Hayat Tarih Mecmuası in 1975.