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Portal, Sarajevo, 1530-1531, Thuluth

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Vincent Thérouin, . (n.d.). Portal, Sarajevo, 1530-1531, Thuluth (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4175

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Vincent Thérouin. n.d. “Portal, Sarajevo, 1530-1531, Thuluth.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4175

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Vincent Thérouin. Portal, Sarajevo, 1530-1531, Thuluth, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4175

Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder
CallFront
License
CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID
Balkans_VT_18
Author
Vincent Thérouin
Date
937 H.
1530 – 1531
Localization Exactitude Degree
Exact
Place of Production
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo Canton, Sarajevo
Present Location
mosque of Gazi Husrev Bey, Sarajevo
Website Link
http://www.epigraphie-islamique.uliege.be/thesaurus/User/EpigraphyDisplay.aspx?id=32054&pan=1&st=BOSNIE-HERZEGOVINE-Sarajevo*&sc=5
Language
Arabic
Type of text
Foundation inscription
Text Content
(١) جامع الأبرار خسرو بك بنا // حسبة للّه دار الساجدين
(٢) قاتل الأعدا[ء] معين للغزات // ناشر الإحسان نصر <١> العابدين
(٣) الهم اللّه لنا تأريخه // مجمع الأبرار دار الحامدين
Script
Thuluth
Type of Object
architectural element\portal
Shape (Epigraphy)
rectangular
Size (of the object)
60 x 120 cm
Technique
carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Bibliography
Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı. Avrupa’da Osmanlı Mimarî Eserleri: Yugoslavya. Vol. 2, book 3, Istanbul, 1981, p. 347–A.
Mujezinović, Mehmed. Islamska epigrafika u Bosni i Hercegovini: Sarajevo. Vol. 1, Sarajevo, 1974, pp. 294–295.

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape
rectangular
Internal Structure
partially interwoven
large presence of negative space
Groups of Characters Baseline
oblique
partial stacking of characters
Presence of Elongation
absent
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
lām - top right serif
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
closed looped tail

denticles

sīn shīn denticles
rounded base denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles
medial short pointed denticles
leftward stroke with short hook

counters

hā' counters
initial / medial rounded double eyed (wajh al-hirr)
final s-shaped (muḥdawdibah)
fā' qāf wāw counters
rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters
wide inverted triangle
mīm counters
rounded head pointed chin

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics
elongated stroke
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics
comma
shadda vocalization and diacritics
short denticles
Image ID Entry
Balkans_VT_18a
Description
Portal, Sarajevo, 1530-1531, Thuluth
Photographer
Vincent Thérouin
Copyrights Holder
Vincent Thérouin
License
CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights
Public
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