2004.61: May God give you glory in both worlds
Calligraphy
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2004.61
- Title
- May God give you glory in both worlds
- Classification
- Calligraphy
- Work Type
- calligraphy
- Date
- 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
- Culture
- Ottoman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/57662
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Composition on horse chestnut leaf
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 10.7 cm (8 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Stuart Cary Welch in memory of Annemarie Schimmel
- Accession Year
- 2004
- Object Number
- 2004.61
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- This is an example of a rarefied and extremely painstaking genre of calligraphy in which a dried leaf was used for the support. In this case, the leaf appears to be from a horse chestnut tree. Written in a majestic thuluth, the Arabic inscription is beautifully composed in an oval to fill the lower and broader part of the leaf. Most Ottoman leaf calligraphies employ gold ink. Microscopic examination of this leaf revealed no pigment whatsoever, which may explain its extremely fragile condition.
Verification Level
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