

In addition, the exhibition displays eleven royal edicts, beautifully crafted scrolls topped by the tuğra, a sultan's imperial monogram. The manuscripts include exquisitely illuminated Qur'ans and prayer handbooks, elegant albums or murakkaalar composed of calligraphic exercises and often decorated with sumptuous marbled paper called ebrû, and spectacular, large-scale lettered compositions, called levhalar, which were framed and hung in mosques and homes. These remarkable pieces are usually housed in his private residence overlooking the Bosphorus.Īlmost every major Ottoman calligrapher working in the fifteenth to the early twentieth century is represented in the Sabancı Collection by important examples of calligraphy. It is thanks to his generosity and enlightened initiative that these treasures are being shared for the first time with an international public. Adding photos to a presentation also became easier as you can now search and add pictures from your albums on Flickr and other online photo and social network sites.The exhibition "Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakıp Sabancı Collection, Instanbul" brings to The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art seventy-one rare and beautiful calligraphies and illuminated manuscripts from the magnificent collection assembled by the prominent Turkish businessman and philanthropist Sakıp Sabancı.

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