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From Shaykh al-Iskendari’s Kitab al-Hikam
Soot ink on ahar paper, bordered with hand-ground rabbitskin tempera paint and gold leaf borders. Gouache and dyed paper were used in the koltuk panel illuminations.
Soot ink on hand-dyed ahar paper, bordered with hatip ebru. Gouache was used in the koltuk panel illuminations, whose design draws from 20th century Prairie-style patterns.
Mahmoud Darwish poem in Sulus and Nesih.
Soot ink on hand-dyed ahar paper, bordered with dyed paper, hot rabbitskin tempera paint, and ebru.
Though we all may vary in form and shape,
Our existence remains as singular as an alif.”
صورت کثرتله اولمش مختلف
جمله سنك ذاتي بردر چون الف
Suret-i kesretle olmuş muhtelif
Cümlesinün zâtı birdür çün elif
(Nesîmî, d. 1418)
Ottoman Turkish language, Celi Talik calligraphy
Soot ink on handmade ahar paper
Dyed paper and ebru borders
To all those who are helpless show compassion and give aid
Show humility to creation
And the Creator will elevate you.
هر عاجزه شفقت ایت شفیع اول
مخلوقه تواضع ایت رفیع اول
Her âcize şefkat et şefi' ol
Mahluka tevâzu' et refi' ol
(Vassâf Abdullah Efendi d.1761)
Ottoman Turkish language, Celi Talik calligraphy
Soot ink on handmade ahar paper
Ebru borders
The sun's light has illuminated the face of the moon.
For what beautiful calligraphy could this tezhib have been made?
تاب خورشيد مه روينه ويرمش رونق
تا نه زيبا خط ايچون اوله بو تذهيب ورق
-Fuzûli
Ottoman Turkish language, Celi Talik calligraphy
Hand-made yellow ink on indigo dyed ahar paper
Mica floral borders