Leaf from Ottoman Diploma in Calligraphy
This page from Walters manuscript W.674 bears 4 diplomas written within illuminated cartouches inscribed in ijazah script by the following master calligraphers: Yaziji zadah, Isma'il al-Zuhdi Katib al-Saray al-Sultani, Muhammad Hasib, and 'Ali al-Wasfi. The page is dated 1219 AH/AD 1804-1805.
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- Date
- 1804–1805
- Holding institution
- Walters Art Museum
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- Image provider
- wikimedia-commons
- License
- Public domain
- Credit
- Walters Art Museum
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Artistic Disciplines
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Written Word Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies the work as a diploma in calligraphy and states that it bears four diplomas written in ijazah script.
Subject Matter
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Text Both · 99%
The page visibly consists of handwritten Arabic-script text arranged in four panels, while the catalog identifies the inscriptions as diplomas in ijazah script.
Visual Qualities
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Patterns Visual · 98%
Repeated floral and foliate motifs fill the outer border and surround the four calligraphic cartouches.
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 97%
Dense floral ornament, multicolored details, and multiple nested borders create an extensively embellished surface.
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Symmetrical Visual · 96%
The four cartouches form a regular two-by-two arrangement within balanced rectangular framing.
Medium and Techniques
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Manuscript Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the object as manuscript or decorative art and identifies it as a leaf from Walters manuscript W.674.
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Arabic/Farsi Calligraphy Both · 97%
The catalog explicitly identifies ijazah script, and the image shows formal Arabic-script calligraphy distributed across four framed panels.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the leaf to 1804–1805, corresponding to the nineteenth century.
Cultural and Religious Styles
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Islamic Art and Architecture Metadata · 86%
The title and description identify the leaf as Ottoman and as a calligraphic diploma; its formal Arabic-script manuscript presentation is consistent with the Islamic art context.
Source & rights
Isma'il al-Zuhdi Katib al-Saray al-Sultani 'Ali al-Wasfi Muhammad Hilmi Afandi Muhammad Hasib Yaziji zadah. Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork
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- Original image ↗ 1,326 × 1,800 · Wikimedia Commons · Availability not yet probed