AN OTTOMAN HILYA BY ABDULLAH HELMI IN 1286 AH/1869 AD

Single leaf, text panel at the top with the basmallah in a single line of black muhaqqaq script , then a circular text-block with 11 lines black in naskh script reserved in clouds on a cream coloured ground with gold markers pointed by blue dots, 4 circular devices extending outwards from this with the names of the Four Rashidun Caliphs, then another single line of muhaqqaq in another text block above the colophon at the bottom of the page, containing another 3 lines black naskh, richly decorated with polychrome floral motifs on a gilt ground. At the bottom a certificate or Ijazet by his master: Mehmed Hamdî Efendi in 1289AH/1872AD a master of calligraphy at Hafiz Osman's School in the six scripts. Glazed with gilt wooden frame
Text panel: 15 by 36 cm Frame: 29 by 47 cm