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OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1258/1842-3 AD
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THE CALLIGRAPHER'S LICENCE (IJAZA) OF SALIH NAHIF
OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1258/1842-3 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, the panel with a line of large thuluth script at top, three lines of smaller black naskh script below, the two signature medallions giving the name of the calligrapher's two teachers as Mustafa Hilmi and 'Uthman al-Riyadi a student of Husayn al-Tawfiq, between gold panels painted with flowers, laid down on cardboard between black-ruled gold frame, the margins with gold floral vine, the reverse painted with stylized floral lattice
Calligraphy 4 5/8 x 6 5/8in. (11.8 x 16.8cm.); panel 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm.)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1258/1842-3 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, the panel with a line of large thuluth script at top, three lines of smaller black naskh script below, the two signature medallions giving the name of the calligrapher's two teachers as Mustafa Hilmi and 'Uthman al-Riyadi a student of Husayn al-Tawfiq, between gold panels painted with flowers, laid down on cardboard between black-ruled gold frame, the margins with gold floral vine, the reverse painted with stylized floral lattice
Calligraphy 4 5/8 x 6 5/8in. (11.8 x 16.8cm.); panel 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm.)