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Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66)
ca. 1555–60
Dish with 'Tughra-illuminator' Design, Stonepaste; painted in blue under transparent glaze
Dish with 'Tughra-illuminator' Design
ca. 1540–50
Album of Calligraphies Including Poetry and Prophetic Traditions (Hadith), Shaikh Hamdullah ibn Mustafa Dede Turkish, Main support: ink, watercolor, and gold on paper<br/>Margins: ink, watercolor, and gold on marbled paper<br/>Binding: leather and gold
Album of Calligraphies Including Poetry and Prophetic Traditions (Hadith)
Calligrapher Shaikh Hamdullah ibn Mustafa Dede
ca. 1500
Ghirlanda: Di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi Giardini d'Italia, page 35 (recto), Pietro Paulo Tozzi Italian, Etching and drawing
Ghirlanda: Di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi Giardini d'Italia, page 35 (recto)
Designer Pietro Paulo Tozzi
Publisher Libraria del Giesu
October 1, 1604
La Technographie. La Rizographie. La Caligraphie, Guillaume Le Gangneur French, plates: engraving, woodcut
La Technographie. La Rizographie. La Caligraphie
Multiple artists/makers
1599
Page of Calligraphy from the Bellini Album, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Page of Calligraphy from the Bellini Album
ca. 1600
Ghirlanda: Di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi Giardini d'Italia, page 20 (recto), Pietro Paulo Tozzi Italian, Etching and drawing
Ghirlanda: Di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi Giardini d'Italia, page 20 (recto)
Designer Pietro Paulo Tozzi
Publisher Libraria del Giesu
October 1, 1604
Calligram in the Shape of a Sufi Cap, Black ink, opaque watercolor, and shell gold on paper
Calligram in the Shape of a Sufi Cap
late 19th–early 20th century
Ghirlanda: Di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi Giardini d'Italia, page 42 (recto), Pietro Paulo Tozzi Italian, Etching and drawing
Ghirlanda: Di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi Giardini d'Italia, page 42 (recto)
Designer Pietro Paulo Tozzi
Publisher Libraria del Giesu
October 1, 1604
Ek Aurat, Ek Gawahi, Lala Rukh Pakistani, Lithograph
Ek Aurat, Ek Gawahi
Lala Rukh
1983
Ghirlanda: Di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi Giardini d'Italia, page 14 (recto), Pietro Paulo Tozzi Italian, Etching and drawing
Ghirlanda: Di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi Giardini d'Italia, page 14 (recto)
Designer Pietro Paulo Tozzi
Publisher Libraria del Giesu
October 1, 1604
Page of Calligraphy in Ornamental Style, Malik Muhammad Qazvini Iranian, Ink on paper
Page of Calligraphy in Ornamental Style
Malik Muhammad Qazvini
dated 1285 AH/1868–69 CE
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
late 11th–12th century
Ghirlanda: Di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi Giardini d'Italia, page 40 (recto), Pietro Paulo Tozzi Italian, Etching and drawing
Ghirlanda: Di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi Giardini d'Italia, page 40 (recto)
Designer Pietro Paulo Tozzi
Publisher Libraria del Giesu
October 1, 1604
Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66)
ca. 1555–60
Red Hilye, Mohamed Zakariya American, Ink, hot tempera, and gold alloy on ahar paper
Red Hilye
Mohamed Zakariya
2010
Page of Calligraphy, Muhammad Shafi‘ known as Vesal-i Shirazi Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Page of Calligraphy
Calligrapher Muhammad Shafi‘ known as Vesal-i Shirazi
early–mid-19th century
Page of Calligraphy, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Page of Calligraphy
16th century
Page of Calligraphy, Ink on parchment
Page of Calligraphy
probably 16th–17th century
Page of Calligraphy from the Bellini Album, Sultan Muhammad Nur Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Page of Calligraphy from the Bellini Album
Calligrapher Sultan Muhammad Nur
ca. 1600
Page of Calligraphy, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Page of Calligraphy
18th–19th century
Page of Calligraphy, Muhammad Ashraf Al-Radhawi Indian, Ink and watercolor on paper
Page of Calligraphy
Calligrapher Muhammad Ashraf Al-Radhawi
dated Rabi' al-Awwal 1069 AH/December 1658 CE
Page of Calligraphy from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Page of Calligraphy from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Author Farid al-Din `Attar
Calligrapher Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
ca. 1600
Page of Calligraphy, Abd al-Majid Taleqani, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Page of Calligraphy
Calligrapher Abd al-Majid Taleqani
dated 1176 AH/1763 CE
Bifolium from the "Nurse's Qur'an" (Mushaf al-Hadina), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on parchment
Bifolium from the "Nurse's Qur'an" (Mushaf al-Hadina)
ca. 410 AH/1019–20 CE
Calligraphic Composition in Ta‘liq, Ink on marbled paper
Calligraphic Composition in Ta‘liq
ca. 1650–1700
Page of Calligraphy from Munajat (Prayers) of Abdullah Ansar, Ink on paper
Page of Calligraphy from Munajat (Prayers) of Abdullah Ansar
17th–19th century
Page of Calligraphy, Black ink on white paper with gold-leaf contours and thin gold band outlining panel
Page of Calligraphy
second half 19th century
Spieghel der Schryfkonste...(Mirror of the Art of Writing), Jan van de Velde I Netherlandish, Plates: etching and woodcut
Spieghel der Schryfkonste...(Mirror of the Art of Writing)
Multiple artists/makers
1605
Plaque, Steel; cut
Plaque
17th century
Section of a Qur'an Manuscript, `Umar Aqta', Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Section of a Qur'an Manuscript
Calligrapher Copied by `Umar Aqta'
late 14th–early 15th century
Album Leaf of Shekasteh-ye Nasta'liq, Mirza Kuchak Iranian, Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Album Leaf of Shekasteh-ye Nasta'liq
Calligrapher attributed to Mirza Kuchak
first half 19th century
Page of Calligraphy, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Page of Calligraphy
19th century
Page of Calligraphy, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Page of Calligraphy
19th century
Page of Calligraphy from the Kulliyat of Sa'di, Abd al-Majid Taleqani, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Page of Calligraphy from the Kulliyat of Sa'di
Calligrapher Abd al-Majid Taleqani
18th century
Calligraphic Exercise, Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Calligraphic Exercise
18th–19th century
Nueva arte a escrivir, Pedro Díaz Morante Spanish, plates: engraving, woodcut
Nueva arte a escrivir
Author Written by Pedro Díaz Morante
1615–31
Monumental Calligraphic Composition, Ink and gold on paper
Monumental Calligraphic Composition
dated 1276 AH /1859 CE
Page of Calligraphy, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Page of Calligraphy
19th century
Vers a Eugène Bléry, No 2 (Verses dedicated to Eugène Bléry, No 2), Charles Meryon French, Etching
Vers a Eugène Bléry, No 2 (Verses dedicated to Eugène Bléry, No 2)
Charles Meryon
1854
Page of Calligraphy, Sultan Muhammad Nur Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Page of Calligraphy
Calligrapher Sultan Muhammad Nur
early 16th century
La Loi Solaire, Charles Meryon French, Etching
La Loi Solaire
Charles Meryon
19th century

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