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Mehmed Şevkî Efendi: Album of Alphabetical Exercises (Murakkabat) by Mehmed Shevki  wikidata:Q107663655 reasonator:Q107663655
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creator_role QS:P,Q12681
Mehmed Şevkî Efendi  (1829–1887) wikidata:Q6809561
 
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Mehmed Shevki Efendi
Description Ottoman calligrapher
Date of birth/death 1829 Edit this at Wikidata 7 May 1887 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Kastamonu Istanbul
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Album of Alphabetical Exercises (Murakkabat) by Mehmed Shevki
label QS:Len,"Album of Alphabetical Exercises (Murakkabat) by Mehmed Shevki"
Object type calligraphic work Edit this at Wikidata
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In albums of murakkabat, the basic shapes of the letters of the Arabic alphabet are shown in their combined forms (as opposed to albums of mufradat, where they are shown in isolation). The letter ... See full description on web site.
Language Arabic Edit this at Wikidata
Date dated 1283 AH (1866-7 AD)
Medium ink and gold on coloured papers; folios edged in leather; in contemporary binding of brown morocco leather with gold-decorated turquoise-paper overlay, and gilt-leather slip case
institution QS:P195,Q63160499
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MSS 239 (Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Ottoman Turkey
References https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-album-of-alphabetical-exercises-by-mehmed-shevki-mss239/ (English) Edit this at Wikidata

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Description Album of Alphabetical Exercises (Murakkabat) by Mehmed Shevki
Source Khalili Collections
Author Khalili Collections

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