Exhibitions

Koran

16. yüzyıl ortaları

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

The illumination of the opening spread with the Fatiha and first four verses of the Bakara surah consists of a border with lappets in the form of half-medallions with pendants, and dark blue and gilded darts alternating with small red carnations. The lappets are filled with small pink, white and blue flowers and gold rumi motifs on a dark blue ground, and the gilded half-medallions in the centre are filled with pink and blue flowering stems. The horizontal panels above and below the writing area are decorated with knotted cloud bands in gold on a dark blue ground, with tiny flowers scattered in the spaces between them; and the vertical panels flanking the writing area are decorated with blue rumi motifs on a gilded ground. The surah headings, marginal rosettes marking the end of each five-page, twenty-page and ten-line section are illuminated. The style and layout of the illumination reflects that of Kara Memi, the celebrated palace illuminator who rose to fame in the mid-16th century during the reign of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent (r. 1520-66).1 The Koran has no colophon, but the attributes of the calligraphy and illumination enable it to be dated to the mid-16th century. The dark brown leather binding with flap appears to date from the 20th century.

Detail

Title
Koran
Date
16. yüzyıl ortaları
Dimensions
27 x 17,5 cm
Medium
Sized paper, black and white ink, coloured paint, gold
Location
Sabancı Üniversitesi Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi (Emirgan, İstanbul, Türkiye)
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

Date / Term

16. yüzyıl ortaları

Geographical Location

Istanbul, Turkey