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032-003708151

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Or 14157

Title:

Silsile-yi Hattatin - سلسلۀ خطاطین

Scope & Content:

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.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 text, 19 ff

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Turkish, Ottoman

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1870

End Date:

1880

Date Range:

1870-1880

Calendar:

Gregorian

Era:

Place of Origin:

İstanbul, Turkey (?)

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Physical Characteristics:

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

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased by the British Library at Sotheby's auction on 19 April 1983.

Information About Copies:

Two works entitled Silsile-yi Hattatin are found in a manuscript collection of treatises by Süleyman Saadeddin Mustakimzade. See Karatay, Topkapı TSMKTYK II, p. 360 (manuscripts Y. 4404 nos. xxviii-xxix, f. 300v-308r).

Publications:

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.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Subjects:

Calligraphy
Writing

Places:

Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe

Related Material:

For more information on Ali Namık, see İnal, M. K., Son hattatlar, p. 798.