Volume : V, Issue : VII, July - 2015

THE TWO CALLIGRAPHIC ALBUMS (MESK) BELONGING TO THE Topkap PALACE MUSEUM

Dr. G L G Ney

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<p> Calligraphy album making, just as in other fields of art, gained importance in the course of the Ottoman Empire. It can be understood from some old album samples that the calligraphy albums containing different art anches such as calligraphy, illumination and miniature were made in the workshops of Timurî palace, and were improved in Turkman and Safevid palaces.In our country, we can see calligraphy album samples of different periods in specific liaries in accordance with written masterpieces. In these samples, written calligraphy albums are of importance with regard to calligraphy art. Among these albums, two samples, which belonged to Topkapı Palace Museum Liary, but were in Manisa Museum for a while, and then were put in Manisa Manuscript Liaryare of importance with regard to calligraphy and ornament. We will present two calligraphic albums in this paper.</p>

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GÃƥ¼l GÃƥ¼ney The Two Calligraphic Albums (Mesk) Belonging to the Topkapi Palace Museum Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 7 July 2015

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