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Portal, Edirne, 1399-1400, Thuluth
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APA
Vincent Thérouin, . (n.d.). Portal, Edirne, 1399-1400, Thuluth (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4158
Chicago
Vincent Thérouin. n.d. “Portal, Edirne, 1399-1400, Thuluth.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4158
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Vincent Thérouin. Portal, Edirne, 1399-1400, Thuluth, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4158
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entry ID
- Balkans_VT_01
- Author
- Vincent Thérouin
- Date
- 802 H.
- 1399 – 1400
- Localization Exactitude Degree
- Exact
- Place of Production
- Türkiye, Edirne province, Edirne
- Present Location
- Türk Ve İslam Eserleri Müzesi, Edirne (before : imaret of Bayezid I, Edirne)
- Website Link
- http://www.epigraphie-islamique.uliege.be/thesaurus/User/EpigraphyDisplay.aspx?id=1254&pan=1&st=TURQUIE-Edirne*&sc=5
- Language
- Arabic
- Type of text
- Foundation inscription
- Text Content
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أمر السلطان المعظّم ظلّ اللّه فى ا[لعالم] (العالم) (١)
(٢) بايزيد بن مراد بن اورخان ناصر المـا +++ لا زالت معمورة وقفا للفقراء
(٣) و العلماء و لساير الـ+++ ر سنة إثنى و ثمانمائة الهلالية - Script
- Thuluth
- Type of Object
- architectural element\portal
- Shape (Epigraphy)
- rectangular
- Size (of the object)
- 63 x 92 cm
- Technique
- carved / bas-relief - flat relief
- Bibliography
- Dijkema, F. Th. The Ottoman Historical Monumental Inscriptions in Edirne. Leyde, 1977, p. 13
- Onur, Oral. Edirne. Türk Tarihi Vesikalarından, Kitabeler. Istanbul, 1972, p. 79.
- Tüfekçioğlu, Abdülhamit. Erken Dönem Osmanlı Mimarîsinde Yazı. Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları/2642, Yayımlar Dairesi Başkanlığı-Sanat Eserleri Dizisi/365, Ankara, 2001, p. 92.
Script descriptor
See the lexicon
General Script Characteristics
- Shape
- rectangular
- Groups of Characters Baseline
- oblique
- Presence of Elongation
- occasional
- Elongated Letters
- yā’ rajiah
- Length of Elongation
- varied length of elongations
- Ligature
- Conventional - curvilinear
- Shading / Contrast
- medium contrast
Letter Morphology
- Point
- inclined square
Ascenders
Descenders
- wāw descenders
- wāw - rounded tail
- rā' zā' descenders
- rā'/zā' - s-shaped
- mīm descenders
- mīm - s-shape
- nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders
- wide deep bowl
- yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders
- backward horizontal stroke
denticles
- sīn shīn denticles
- rounded base denticles
- initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles
- initial/medial slightly inclined to left
- leftward stroke with short hook
counters
- fā' qāf wāw counters
- rounded head
- medial 'ain ghayn counters
- wide inverted triangle
- mīm counters
- rounded head