Album of Alphabetical Exercises (Murakkabat) by Mehmed Shevki
Album of Alphabetical Exercises (Murakkabat) by Mehmed Shevki

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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 letters are outlined with red dots, to show their correct proportions (mi'yar al-huruf). Mehmed Shevki, who signed this album, was a pupil of the calligrapher Mehmed Hulusi (Khulusi). He was a secretary in the Ministry of War, and taught calligraphy to Sultan 'Abdülmejid I (r.1839–1861) and to the children of Sultan 'Abdülhamid II (r.1876–1909).

The Khalili Collections

London

Title

Album of Alphabetical Exercises (Murakkabat) by Mehmed Shevki

Date

1283 AH (1866–1867)

Medium

ink & gold on coloured papers, folios edged in leather, in contemporary binding of brown Morocco leather with gold-decorated turquoise-paper overlay & gilt-leather slip case

Accession number

173

Work type

Drawing

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The Khalili Collections

London, Greater London England

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