FIVE OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISES (MASHQ), TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY
Ink on paper, with lines of black naskh and thuluth scripts, one large panel with lines of black thuluth script of Ottoman inscription signed by Ibrahim Kholosi.
Ibrahim Kholosi is a student of the famous Ottoman calligrapher Mustafa Rakim and inherited his style in thuluth and naskh script.
Three calligraphic exercises in black naskh and thuluth script with Arabic inscription and exercises of Arabic letters. Signed by Zuhdi, Abdullah Zuhdi Effendi Ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Nabulsi al-Tamimi, born in 1252 AH/1836 AD in Nablus, Palestine.
He learned the art of Arabic calligraphy first at the hands of Hafiz Rashid Effendi Al-Ayoubi, then at the hands of the great calligrapher, Military judge Mustafa Izzat Effendi, who is considered his true teacher. He was chosen by Sultan Abdulmejid I to write the lines of the Holy Mosque of the Prophet, and this is one of the most important milestones in the life of Abdullah Al-Zuhdi.
Calligraphy from 20.5 by 12 cm., 36 by 23 cm.