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Derviş Ali ( -1673)

Koran

h. 1075 [1664]

Sabancı Üniversitesi Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi (Emirgan, İstanbul, Türkiye)

he illuminated opening spread of the manuscript consists of the Fatiha surah and the first four verses of the Bakara surah.  The fill motifs in the broad lobed border and other parts of the composition consist of polychrome flowers, rumi motifs and stems on lapis blue and gold grounds. The surah headings are written in white rıka script on a plain gold ground. Large illuminated rosettes in the margin mark each section of ten verses, five pages or twenty pages. The illumination is unexceptional. The chestnut coloured leather binding without flap is original. Each cover is decorated with a tooled medallion with pendants and cornerpieces inside a narrow border. During repairs carried out in the 20th century the doublures were lined with silver flecked paper.

Detail

Collection: 
Kitap Sanatları ve Hat Koleksiyonu
Title: 
Koran
Artist: 

Derviş Ali ( -1673)

Date: 
h. 1075 [1664]
Dimensions: 
15,8 x 10,5 cm
Medium: 
Sized paper, black and white ink, coloured paint, gold
Location: 
Sabancı Üniversitesi Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi (Emirgan, İstanbul, Türkiye)
Object Number: 
100-0058-DA
Credit: 
© Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum

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Subject

Kitap Sanatları ve Hat Koleksiyonu

Format

Sized paper, black and white ink, coloured paint, gold

Artist / Creator

Derviş Ali ( -1673)

Date / Term

h. 1075 [1664]

Geographical Location

Istanbul, Turkey