AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHER'S DIPLOMA (IJAZEH), TURKEY, 1286 AH/1896 AD

Reference: ART3001637

An Arabic manuscript on stout paper, 13 lines to the page, written in thuluth and naskh scripts in black ink within cloud bands, set against a gold ground with pin-pricked cintamani motifs and polychrome floral decoration, outer margins of scrolling gold vines. 33 by 29.5 cm.

CATALOGUE NOTE The present ijazeh was given to Ahmed al-Farid, and signed by the teachers Muhammad al-Sharif al-Khulusi, Husayn al-Fahmi, Mustafa al-Fawzi, ‘Uthman al-Khulusi, Muhammad al-Wahbi and Suleyman al-Fitri, in 1286 AH/1869 AD.