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Portal, Edirne, 1445-1446, Thuluth
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Vincent Thérouin, . (n.d.). Portal, Edirne, 1445-1446, Thuluth (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4163
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Vincent Thérouin. n.d. “Portal, Edirne, 1445-1446, Thuluth.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4163
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Vincent Thérouin. Portal, Edirne, 1445-1446, Thuluth, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4163
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entry ID
- Balkans_VT_06
- Author
- Vincent Thérouin
- Date
- 849 H.
- 1445 – 1446
- Localization Exactitude Degree
- Exact
- Place of Production
- Türkiye, Edirne province, Edirne
- Present Location
- Üç Şerefeli Cami, Edirne
- Website Link
- http://www.epigraphie-islamique.uliege.be/thesaurus/User/EpigraphyDisplay.aspx?id=10290&pan=1&st=TURQUIE-Edirne*&sc=5
- Language
- Arabic
- Type of text
- Foundation inscription
- Text Content
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أ - بسم اللّه الرحمن الرحيم أدخلوها بسلام آمنين (= قرآن، ١٥، ٤٦)
ب - أمر بعمارة هذ(ا) (هذا) الجامع الشريف السلطان بن السلطان زين الدنيا و الدين أبو الفتح مراد خان بن محمّد خلّد اللّه ملكه فى سنة تسع و أربعين و ثمانماية - Script
- Thuluth
- Type of Object
- architectural element\portal
- Shape (Epigraphy)
- rectangular
- Size (of the object)
- 110 x 310 cm
- Technique
- carved / bas-relief - flat relief
- Bibliography
- Aynur, Hatice, et al., editors. Ottoman Inscriptions, http://www.ottomaninscriptions.com/. Card ID K5521. Accessed 1 Mar. 2018.
- Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı. Fâtih devri mimarisi. Istanbul, 1953, p. 100.
- Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı. Osmanlı mi’mârisinde Çelebi ve II. Sultan Murad devri, 806–855 (1403–1451). Istanbul, 1972, p. 458.
- Demiriz, Yıldız. Osmanlı Mimarîsinde Süsleme. Istanbul, 1979, p. 513.
- Dijkema, F. Th. The Ottoman Historical Monumental Inscriptions in Edirne. Leyde, 1977, p. 26.
- Gökbilgin, M. Tayyib. XV–XVI. Asırlarda Edirne ve Paşa Livâsı: Vakıflar, mülkler, mukataalar. Istanbul, 1952, p. 214, no. 115.
- Onur, Oral. Edirne: Türk Tarihi Vesikalarından, Kitabeler. Istanbul, 1972, p. 111.
- Peremeci, Osman Nuri. Edirne tarihi. Istanbul, 1939, p. 57.
- Tüfekçioğlu, Abdülhamit. Erken Dönem Osmanlı Mimarîsinde Yazı. Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları/2642, Yayımlar Dairesi Başkanlığı-Sanat Eserleri Dizisi/365, Ankara, 2001, p. 275.
Script descriptor
See the lexicon
General Script Characteristics
- Shape
- rectangular
- Line of Writing
- horizontal
- 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
- round dot
Ascenders
- Kāf Ascenders
- Initial /medial compact form diagonal body
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
- nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - curvilinear flattened bowl
- jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders
- closed looped tail
- yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders
- backward horizontal stroke
horizontals
- bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals
- bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - short curvilinear flattened bowl
denticles
- sīn shīn denticles
- rounded base denticles
- initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles
- medial short pointed denticles
- initial perpendicular to baseline
counters
- fā' qāf wāw counters
- rounded head
- medial 'ain ghayn counters
- wide inverted triangle