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Portal, Edirne, 1484-1485, Thuluth
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Vincent Thérouin, . (n.d.). Portal, Edirne, 1484-1485, Thuluth (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4166
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Vincent Thérouin. n.d. “Portal, Edirne, 1484-1485, Thuluth.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4166
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Vincent Thérouin. Portal, Edirne, 1484-1485, Thuluth, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4166
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entry ID
- Balkans_VT_09
- Author
- Vincent Thérouin
- Date
- 889 H.
- 1484 – 1485
- Localization Exactitude Degree
- Exact
- Place of Production
- Türkiye, Edirne province, Edirne
- Present Location
- Sitti Şah Camii, Edirne
- Website Link
- http://www.epigraphie-islamique.uliege.be/thesaurus/User/EpigraphyDisplay.aspx?id=29380&pan=1&st=TURQUIE-Edirne*&sc=5
- Language
- Arabic
- Type of text
- Foundation inscription
- Text Content
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(١) رصّصت بنيان هذا (ا)لمقام (المقام) الكريم فى دولت (ا)لسلطان (السلطان) العظيم (ا)لسلطان (السلطان) بن سلطان سلطان
(٢) أبو (ا)لفتح (الفتح) بايزيد خان أدام اللّه بالخير و الحسان درّة تيجان خواتين الزمان ستّ شاه
(٣) بنت سليمان بن ذو القادر فى تأريخ سنة تسع و ثمانين و ثمانمائة - Script
- Thuluth
- Type of Object
- architectural element\portal
- Shape (Epigraphy)
- rectangular
- Size (of the object)
- 46 x 72 cm
- Technique
- carved / bas-relief - flat relief
- Bibliography
- Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı. Fâtih devri mimarisi. Istanbul, 1953, p. 250.
- Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı. Osmanlı mi‘mârisinde Fâtih devri, 855–886/1451–1481. Istanbul, 1973, p. 221.
- Dijkema, F. Th. “Notes on the Reading of Two Arabic Inscriptions in Turkey.” Der Islam, vol. 53, 1976, p. 274.
- Dijkema, F. Th. The Ottoman Historical Monumental Inscriptions in Edirne. Leyde, 1977, p. 42, no. 23.
- Gökbilgin, M. Tayyib. XV–XVI. asırlarda Edirne ve Paşa Livâsı: Vakıflar, mülkler, mukataalar. Istanbul, 1952, p. 319, no. 409.
- Onur, Oral. Edirne: Türk Tarihi Vesikalarından, Kitabeler. Istanbul, 1972, p. 132.
- Peremeci, Osman Nuri. Edirne tarihi. Istanbul, 1939, pp. 65 - 66.
- Şehsuvaroğlu, Bedi N. “Edirne Fatih Devri Eserlerine Kısa Bir Bakış ve Sitti Hatun Camii.” Vakıflar Dergisi, vol. 5, 1962, p. 204.
- Tüfekçioğlu, Abdülhamit. Erken Dönem Osmanlı Mimarîsinde Yazı. Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları/2642, Yayımlar Dairesi Başkanlığı-Sanat Eserleri Dizisi/365, Ankara, 2001, p. 391.
Script descriptor
See the lexicon
General Script Characteristics
- Shape
- rectangular
- 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
- Lām Ascenders
- lām - vertical
- Kāf Ascenders
- Initial /medial compact form diagonal body
Descenders
- wāw descenders
- wāw - rounded tail
- mīm descenders
- mīm - s-shape
- nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders
- wide deep 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 - curvilinear flattened bowl
denticles
- initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles
- medial short pointed denticles
- initial/medial slightly inclined to left
counters
- fā' qāf wāw counters
- rounded head
- medial 'ain ghayn counters
- wide inverted triangle
- mīm counters
- soft triangular head tilted left
vocalization and diacritics
- sukūn vocalization and diacritics
- circle