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Portal, Edirne, 1413-1414, Thuluth

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Vincent Thérouin, . (n.d.). Portal, Edirne, 1413-1414, Thuluth (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4160

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder
CallFront
License
CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID
Balkans_VT_03
Author
Vincent Thérouin
Date
816 H.
1413 – 1414
Localization Exactitude Degree
Exact
Place of Production
Türkiye, Edirne province, Edirne
Present Location
Eski Cami, Edirne
Website Link
http://www.epigraphie-islamique.uliege.be/thesaurus/User/EpigraphyDisplay.aspx?id=1371&pan=1&st=TURQUIE-Edirne*&sc=5
Language
Arabic
Type of text
Foundation inscription
Text Content
أ - (١) ‬قال النبىّ عليه السلام من بنى للّه مسجدا بنى اللّه له بيتا فى الجنّة أمر بعمارة هذا الجامع الشريف السلطان المؤيّد المجاهد
‮(٢) ‬المرابط منصوب اللواء قاهر الأعداء ناشر العدل و الإحسان على أهل الدنيا السلطان إبن السلطان السلطان‮ ‬غياث الدنيا
‮(٣) ‬و الدين محمّد بن بايزيد خان خلّد اللّه سلطانه و أوضح على العالمين برهانه فى منتصف شوّال سنة ستّ‮ ‬عشر و ثمانمائة
- ب - (١) قال النبىّ عليه السلام إذا رأيتم الرجل يتعاهد المسجد
(٢) فاشهدوا له بالإيمان تصدى بعمارة هذ(ا) (هذا) الجامع العزيز معمارا
(٣) حسيبا افتخار الصدور الحاجّ علاء الدين دام عزّه العامل عمر بن إبراهيم
Script
Thuluth
Type of Object
architectural element\portal
Shape (Epigraphy)
rectangular
Size (of the object)
69 x 212 cm
Technique
carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Bibliography
Arslan, Hurşit Çetin. “Erken Osmanlı Mimarisinde Bani-Mimar İlişkisi.” Türk Etnografya Dergisi, vol. 20, 1997, pp. 31–32 (texte A) et p. 33 (texte B).
Aynur, Hatice, et al., editors. Ottoman Inscriptions, http://www.ottomaninscriptions.com/. Inscriptions. Card ID K3758 and 3759. Accessed 1 Mar. 2018.
Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı. Osmanlı mimârisinin ilk devri … 630–805 (1230–1402). Istanbul, 1966, p. 159.
Demiriz, Yıldız. Osmanlı Mimarîsinde Süsleme. Istanbul, 1979, p. 471.
Dijkema, F. Th. The Ottoman Historical Monumental Inscriptions in Edirne. Leyde, 1977, p. 15.
Gökbilgin, M. Tayyib. XV–XVI. asırlarda Edirne ve Paşa Livâsı: Vakıflar, mülkler, mukataalar. Istanbul, 1952, p. 196, no. 71.
Leube, Georg. “Ottoman Building Inscriptions I: Some Context: Two 15th-Century Ottoman Building Inscriptions from Edirne.” DYNTRAN Working Papers, no. 4, Sept. 2015, https://dyntran.hypotheses.org/749.
Onur, Oral. Edirne: Türk tarihi vesikalarından, kitabeler. Istanbul, 1972, p. 81.
Peremeci, Osman Nuri. Edirne tarihi. Istanbul, 1939, p. 55.
Sönmez, Zeki. Anadolu Türk İslâm Mimarîsinde Sanatçılar. Ankara, 1989, p. 388, p. 395.
Tüfekçioğlu, Abdülhamit. Erken Dönem Osmanlı Mimarîsinde Yazı. Kültur Bakanlıǧı Yayınları/2642, Yayımlar Dairesi Başkanlıǧı-Sanat Eserleri Dizisi/365, Ankara, 2001, p. 112.

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape
rectangular
Internal Structure
stacked
partially interwoven
Character Spacing
irregular spaces between characters
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
Alif Ascenders
alif - vertical
alif - top right serif
Lām Ascenders
lām - vertical
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders
rounded body
vertical shaft with serif
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
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders
semicircular backward tail
opening downwards
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders
backward horizontal stroke

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals
bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - curvilinear flattened bowl

denticles

sīn shīn denticles
rounded base denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles
medial short pointed denticles
initial/medial slightly inclined to left

counters

hā' counters
isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah)
initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah)
final s-shaped (muḥdawdibah)
fā' qāf wāw counters
rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters
wide inverted triangle
mīm counters
soft triangular head tilted left

vocalization and diacritics

ḍamma vocalization and diacritics
comma
hamza vocalization and diacritics
small ‘ain
sukūn vocalization and diacritics
circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics
tall denticles
Image ID Entry
Balkans_VT_03a
Description
Portal, Edirne, 1413-1414, Thuluth
Photographer
Vincent Thérouin
Copyrights Holder
Vincent Thérouin
License
CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights
Public
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