An Arabic manuscript on paper, upper line in bold black bold thuluth script, 2 lines beneath in neat naskh script, 2 lower cartouches giving the details of the of the ijazeh, interstices filled with rococo floral decoration against a gold ground, laid down on marbled paper calligraphic panel:14.3 by 23.1cm. leaf: 25.2 by 33.5 cm. CATALOGUE NOTE This Ottoman calligraphers license (ijazeh) gives the name of the student as Muhammad Shukri Efendi and the names of the teachers ‘Ali Shukri (pupil of ‘Umar al-Wasfi) and Mehmed ‘Ilmi Efendi (father of ‘Ali Shukri Efendi).