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Photo, Print, Drawing Ottoman Paper Cutout Book: Prayer Book for the Seven Days of the Week.

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Title

  • Ottoman Paper Cutout Book: Prayer Book for the Seven Days of the Week.

Summary

  • The art of Islamic paper cutouts developed in Timurid Herat in the 15th century. It reached Istanbul via Tabriz as early as the beginning of the 16th century. Once established in Ottoman book art, it continued to be appreciated until the end of the 19th century. For cutting out paper special pointed knives with blades curved downwards were used. The booklet presented here, consisting of just eight leaves, contains seven prayers of praise in Arabic for the use of the tasbih (glorification of God), one for each weekday. The prayers and ornaments (flowers, shrubs, cypresses, and tendrils) are cut out of thin, white oriental paper, and framed in yellowish colored paper that originated from Italy or Spain. In a note, the booklet is attributed to Fahri Dede of Bursa (died after 1600), one of the most famous masters of this art. At the conclusion of the manuscript is a poem in Turkish.

Names

  • Fahrî Dede, died 1617 Attributed Name.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1600.

Headings

  • -  Afghanistan--Herāt--Herat
  • -  Iran, Islamic Republic of--Āzarbāyjān-e Sharqī--Tabriz
  • -  Turkey--Istanbul
  • -  1600
  • -  Decoration and ornament
  • -  Islam
  • -  Islamic art
  • -  Paper art
  • -  Prayer

Notes

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021671073

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Fahrî Dede, Died 1617 Attributed Name. Ottoman Paper Cutout Book: Prayer Book for the Seven Days of the Week. Turkey Afghanistan Herāt Istanbul Iran, Islamic Republic of Āzarbāyjān-E Sharqī Tabriz Herat, 1600. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021671073/.

APA citation style:

Fahrî Dede, D. 1. A. N. (1600) Ottoman Paper Cutout Book: Prayer Book for the Seven Days of the Week. Turkey Afghanistan Herāt Istanbul Iran, Islamic Republic of Āzarbāyjān-E Sharqī Tabriz Herat, 1600. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021671073/.

MLA citation style:

Fahrî Dede, Died 1617 Attributed Name. Ottoman Paper Cutout Book: Prayer Book for the Seven Days of the Week. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021671073/>.