A Ottoman Shaykh Hamdullah calligraphic panel Lot n° 350

Ascribed to Shaykh Hamdullah - 15th century Arabic manuscript on paper, the top line in elegant black thuluth script, the main panel with three lines of black naskh script, with three gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, between panels of gold and polychrome floral illumination, laid down on gold-speckled salmon-pink card. Sheikh Hamdullah (1436–1520) (Turkish: ?eyh Hamdullah), born in Amasya, Ottoman Empire, was a master of Islamic calligraphy. Origin: Ottoman Period: 920AD-1512AH Sizes: 14.00 cm. H x 23.00 cm. W 5.51 in. H x 9.06 in. W