Mrs. Dumont Clarke collection of Arabic, Persian and Turkish calligraphy, 1803-1916.

Collector
Clarke, Elizabeth Dodge Huntington, 1884-1976 [Browse]
Format
Manuscript
Language
  • Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)
  • Arabic
Description
41 items (8 boxes) ; 49 x 62.5 cm.

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Special Collections - Manuscripts Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 306e Oversize Browse related items Reading Room Request
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  • Boxes 1-8

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    Subject(s)
    Compiled/​Created
    1803-1916.
    Summary note
    Consists of 32 Ottoman Turkish berat (imperial certificates of award or authorization), five examples of calligraphy on paper, matted, and four framed mottos and tughras. The berat date from 1876-1903; each bears the tughra of the reigning sultan. The three dimensional objects include two tughras in gold (one carved from wood), a decorative hanging based on the name ʻAlī, and a motto in gilt plaster or wood in a gilt plaster frame.
    Source acquisition
    Gift of Mrs. Dumont Clarke, in memory of Prof. Lewis V. Thomas, June 16, 1970.
    Cumulative index/​Finding aid
    Finding aid is available in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
    OCLC
    122358263
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