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A large wood Hilye, Turkey, Ottoman, 17th century
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Description
- ink and gilding on wood
Arabic and Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, laid down on wood panels of rectangular form with cusped finial, comprising a large bismillah in muhaqqaq script surmounted by an illuminated polychrome floral headpiece, hilye text written in black in naskh and thuluth scripts within cloud bands
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inscriptions
In the two large panels in large thuluth: the Bismillah and Qur’an, chapter XXI (al-isra’), verse 107.
In the roundel: physical description of the Prophet in naskh.
In the corners: the names of the Four Orthodox Caliphs in thuluth.
In the side panels: verses in Turkish in praise of Prophet’s physical image in naskh.
In the lower panel: a narrative quoted from Imam ‘Ali regarding his hilye in naskh.
The term hilye is used to describe a specific genre of Ottoman Turkish literature used to denote a physical description of the Prophet based on hadith accounts. For a similar hilye, see N.F. Safwat, The Art of the Pen, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, vol.V, London, 1996, cat. 29, dated 1200 AH/1785-6 AD.
In the two large panels in large thuluth: the Bismillah and Qur’an, chapter XXI (al-isra’), verse 107.
In the roundel: physical description of the Prophet in naskh.
In the corners: the names of the Four Orthodox Caliphs in thuluth.
In the side panels: verses in Turkish in praise of Prophet’s physical image in naskh.
In the lower panel: a narrative quoted from Imam ‘Ali regarding his hilye in naskh.
The term hilye is used to describe a specific genre of Ottoman Turkish literature used to denote a physical description of the Prophet based on hadith accounts. For a similar hilye, see N.F. Safwat, The Art of the Pen, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, vol.V, London, 1996, cat. 29, dated 1200 AH/1785-6 AD.