Portal, Gelibolu, 1407-1408, Thuluth

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Balkans_VT_11
Author: Vincent Thérouin
Date: 810 H.; 1407 – 1408
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Turkey, Çanakkale province, Gelibolu
Present Location: Azebler Namazgāhı, Gelibolu
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Language: Arabic
Type of text: Foundation inscription
Text Content: أ - (١) اللّه مفتّح الأبواب
(٢) يا خفى الألطاف نجّنا ممّا نخاف
- ب - عمل إبن عاشق سلمان المولوى اللاذيقى
Script: Thuluth
Type of Object: architectural element\portal
Shape (Epigraphy): triangular
Size (of the object): 62 x 120 cm
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Bibliography: Akmaydalı, Hüdavendigâr. “Mihrablı ve Minberli Namazgâhlarımız.” Vakıflar Dergisi, vol. 23, 1994, p. 124.; Tüfekçioğlu, Abdülhamit. Erken Dönem Osmanlı Mimarîsinde Yazı. Kültur Bakanlıǧı Yayınları/2642, Yayımlar Dairesi Başkanlıǧı-Sanat Eserleri Dizisi/365, Ankara, 2001, p. 99.

See the lexicon

wāw descenders: wāw - rounded tail
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: wide deep bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: semicircular backward tail; opening downwards

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

initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: medial short pointed denticles; initial top right serif