A Rare and Important Calligraphic Exercise Signed by Kashikchi- Zade Ali Effendi, Turkey, 17th Century

Arabic manuscript on paper, approximately 21 lines to the page, written in Thuluth script in black ink, verses separated by gold roundels, leafy sprays interspersed within the text, text lines in both horizontal directions, margins ruled in gold

In generally good overall condition, a few small smudges and areas of waterstaining to the leaf edges, as viewed.
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The exercised phrase is a hadith of Prophet Muhammad and reads 'Beware of the glance of the believer since he only looks through a divine light'. To the best of our knowledge, the present calligraphic exercise is the only known signed work by Kashiqchi-zade Ali Effendi as no other work has been found in any of the renowned stately and private collections of Islamic calligraphy.

Kashiqchi-zade, one of the favorite students of Dervish Ali the Great (d.1673), studied calligraphy together with Huseyin Cezairi and Mehmed Ali Misri. His style was followed by many masters including Isma'il Zuhdi Effendi the elder (d.1731).