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		<title>Sakip Sabanci Museum, Istanbul</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/20/121/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	History of the Museum
	The building today known as the Horse Mansion on a hill between Emirgan Park and the Bosphorus stands in what was once the grounds of a waterfront mansion. Between 1848 and 1884 the original mansion belonged in turn to Süleyman Re&#8217;fet Paşa and his wife Fatımatüzehra Hanım, Musevi Hoca Misak, Mustafa Reşid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Turkish National Library, Ankara</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The Turkish National Library is one of the youngest national library in the world. The works of foundation was laid in a small office in the Ministry of National Education,Directorate of Publications on April 15,1946 and a collection of 8000 works were accumulated  in a short time. On April 1,1947 the library was temporarily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MUSTAFA IZZET: &#8220;Kazasker&#8221; (1801 - 1876)</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/20/mustafa-izzet-kazasker-1801-1876/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 Mustafa Izzet was born in Tosya in 1216 H. After his father&#8217;s death he was sent to Istanbul. Happening to cath the attention of Sultan Mahmud II he was taken into the Saray, where he was trained and educated. He learned Thuluth and Naskhi from the calligrapher Mustafa Vasif Efendi and Ta&#8217;Iiq from Yesarizade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MUSTAFA KUTAHI: (d.1787)</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/20/mustafa-kutahi-d1787/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	As his name indicates he was born in Kütahya. He learned the art of calligraphy from Mustafazade Süleyman Effendi, a pupil of Ibrahim of Rhodes. He died in 1202 H.

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		<title>MUSTAFA: &#8220;Hacizade&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/20/mustafa-hacizade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Hacizade Mustafa was born in Cengelkoy, but the dates of his birth and death are uncertain. In the &#8220;Hattatlar Seceresi&#8221; written by the calligrapher and court tutor Mehmet Vasfi Effendi he is mentioned as having received his icazet from Mustafazade Süleyman Effendi.

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		<title>MUSTAFA: &#8220;Suyolcuzade Eyyubi&#8221; (d. 1685)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	He was born in Istanbul, and was the grandfather of the Suyolcuzade Mehmed Necib who wrote a work entitled &#8220;Devha-tül Kuttab&#8221; on the subject of Turkish calligraphers.
He learned the art of calligraphy and received his icazet from Dervish Ali &#8220;Birinci&#8221;, a pupil of Halid Erzrumi. He himself taught Hafiz Osman, one of his very numerous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MEHMED SAID: &#8216;Berberzade&#8221; (d. 1774)</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/20/mehmed-said-berberzade-d-1774/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Mehmed Said was a native of Istanbul and resided in the Mahmutpasa district. He learned the art of calligraphy and received his icazet from Sekerzade Mehmed Effendi. He was a very prolific calligrapher. He died in 1192 H. (1774)

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		<title>MEHMED: &#8220;Giridi&#8221; (d. 1751)</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/20/mehmed-giridi-d-1751/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Mehmed Giridi was born in Crete and came to Istanbul to study the art of calligraphy He learned calligraphy and received his icazet from Hafiz Osman Effendi, and later engaged in discussions with the calligrapher small bin All of Agakapi on the subject of calligraphy. He died in 1165 H.

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		<title>MEHMED &#8220;Sekerzade&#8221; (d. 1752)</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/20/mehmed-sekerzade-d-1752/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Mehmed Sekerzade was born in Manisa, but the date of his birth is uncertain. He came to Istanbul and took lessons in Thuluth and Naskhi first from Abdullah Kirimi and later from Seyid Abdullah of Yedikule, from whom he received his icazet. An illuminated Quran written in the style of Sheikh Hamdullah was published by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MEHMED IZZET EFFENDI: (1841 - 1903)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Mehmed Izzet Effendi was born in Istanbul in 1257 H. We do not know from whom he received his icazet, but he is known to have written a very beautiful Thuluth and Naskhi and to have written the Rik&#8217;a script in a very pleasing style peculiar to himself. He taught writing in various schools including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MEHMED: &#8220;lmamzade&#8221; (d. 1751)</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/20/mehmed-lmamzade-d-1751/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Mehmed was born in Besiktas in Istanbul. The cognomen &#8220;imamzade&#8221; indicates that his father was an imam. The works that have survived display great delicacy and finesse in the use of Naskhi script. He died in 1165 H.

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		<title>MEHMED: &#8216;Dervis Mehmed&#8217; (d. 1483)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Mehmed was the grandson of Mustafa Dede, the son of Sheikh Hamdullah. He learned the art of calligraphy from his father, from whom he also received his icazet. In Thuluth and Naskhi he imitated the style and character of the script used by his grandfather. He died ca. 1001 H. and was buried near the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MAHMUD CELALEDDIN (d. 1829)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 His date of birth is uncertain but he is known to have been born in Daghistan and to have arrived in Istanbul with his father Sheikh Murad Effendi at a very early age. Although his interest in calligraphy led him to apply to several calligraphers for lessons he was of such a difficult disposition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MAHMUD II: (Sultan) (1784 - 1839)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 Mahmud II was taught the art of calligraphy first by Gebecizade Mehmet Vasfi Efendi and later by Ustad Mustafa Rakim. He was particularly interested in Naskhi, Thuluth and Jell Thuluth. Several very fine panels written by Mahmud II in Jeli Thuluth are to be see in a number of Istanbul mosques and museums. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KAMIL EFFENDI: &#8220;Ahmet Kamil Akdik&#8221; (1880 - 1951)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Kamil Effendi was born in Istanbul in 1278 H. He learned Thuluth and Naskhi from the great calligrapher Sami Effendi, from whom he also received his icazet. He later learned from the same teacher the art of the tughra and Divani script. He held the post of teacher of writing in the Divan-i Hümayun Kalemi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HULUSI EFFENDI (1869 - 1940)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 Hulusi Effendi was born in Istanbul in 1286 H. He learned Ta&#8217;liq from Haci Arif Bey of Carsamba and Sami Effendi, and Thuluth and Naskhi from Muhsinzade Abdullah Bey. He was teacher of writing in Darüssafaka Lycee and the Medresetül Hattatin.
Hulusi Effendi was one of the greatest Turkish masters of Ta&#8217;Iiq and Ta&#8217;liq Jeli. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HALIL MIR TEVKII</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Halil Mir Tevkii was the son of one All Pasha. The dates of his birth and death are uncertain, but he is known to have lived during the reign of Sultan Mahmud I, to have learned calligraphy from Hüseyin Habli and to have been appointed to a position in the Saray.

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		<title>HAMDULLAH: (1436 - 1520)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The great master of calligraphy Sheikh Hamdullah was born in Amasya in 840 H. He founded his own individual school of calligraphy and was generally known as &#8220;Kible-tül Kuttab&#8221; (paragon) of Turkish calligraphers
In the section dealing with the history of calligraphy we have already mentioned how he came to Istanbul and was appointed teacher of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ARIF: &#8216;Haci Arif Bey of Carsamba&#8221; (d. 1892)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 He was known as Haci Arif of Carsamba because he lived in that district of Istanbul. He learned Thuluth and Naskhi from Hasim Effendi, an apprentice of Mustafa Rakim, and Ta&#8217;liq from Kibrisizade Hakki and Melek Pasazade Ali Haydar Bey. Arif Bey displayed great skill in istifs and musennas in Jeli Thuluth. These exquisite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALl: &#8220;Ali Efendi of Circir or Haydar&#8221; d. 1324 - 1906 A.D.)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 Ali Effendi learned Thuluth and Jeli from Kazasker Mustafa Izzet&#8217;s favorite pupil Sefik Bey. He produced some very fine compositions and was one of the most highly regarded masters of the time, gaining very considerable renown.

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		<title>ALI: &#8220;Ibrahimhanzade Ismail bin Ali&#8221; (d. 1164 H. - 1746 A.D.)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Ismail bin Ali was a native of Istanbul. He received his icazet in Thuluth and Naskhi from Hoca Mehmet Rasim Efendi of Egrikapi. He was also interested in Ta&#8217;Iiq script and took lessons from Katipzade Mehmet Refi Efendi. He died in 1164 H. and was buried in the cemetery at Eyup.

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		<title>ABDULLAH: &#8220;Gabizade&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[	We know neither the date of his birth nor the date of his death, but in view of the fact that his teacher ibrahim Hanif, from whom he learned both Thuluth and Naskhi, died in 1189 H, (1771), he can be assumed to have lived in the twelfth century of the Hegira (eighteenth century A.D.).

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		<title>ABDULLAH: (Eseyyid Abdullah of Vedikule) Cd. 1731)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 Abdullah of Yedikule was the favourite pupil of the celebrated calligrapher Hafiz Osman Efendi, and we know from the register of calligraphers that he received his icazet in 1102 H. He achieved great beauty and perfection in his use of Thuluth and Naskhi and was awarded both praise and protection by Sultan Ahmed Ill. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ABDULMECID (Sultan) (1823 - 1861)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 Abdülmecid learned the art of calligraphy and received his icazet from Mehmet Tahir Efendi, a faithful disciple and devoted pupil of Mahmud Celaleddin, the founder of his own individual school of calligraphy. Panels written by Abdülmecid in Thuluth and Jeli in the style of Celaleddin are to be found in several Istanbul mosques and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ABDULFETTAH (1814 - 1896)</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/20/abdulfettah-1814-1896/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 Abdullfettah was born on the island of Chios in 1230 H. He was brought to Istanbul at a very early age and educated under the patronage of Husrev Pasha. He learned Thuluth, Jeli and Naskhi from a calligrapher of the name of Mustafa Sakir Effendi and received his icazet in 1847. He was employed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ZUHDI: lsmail Zühdi&#8221; (d. 1806)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 Ismail Zühdi was a native of Unye and the elder brother of the calligrapher Mustafa Rakim. He learned Thuluth and Naskhi from Ahmet Hifzi Effendi of Fethiye, from whom he received his icazet. He was appointee Court tutor in calligraphy and trained a large number of pupis, the most distinguished of these being his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ZIYA: &#8216;Ahmed Ziya&#8221; (1869 - 1938)</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/20/ziya-ahmed-ziya-1869-1938/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Ahmed Ziya was born in Istanbul in 1286 H. He studied in Kuleli Military School and in the Military Academy from which he graduated as an officer. He learned Thuluth and Naskhi from Hulusi Effendi, a pupil of Sevki, and Jeli Thuluth from Sami Effendi. He was also a graduate of the Sanayi-i Nefise (Academy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YUSUF: &#8220;Court tutor Hafiz Yusuf&#8221; (d. 1783)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Hafiz Yusuf was born in Anatolia but migrated to Istanbul. He was keenly interested in calligraphy and received his icazet from Ibrahim Rodosi. He learned the niceties of the art of calligraphy from Hoca Mehmet Rasim Effendi of Egrikapi, and was appointed teacher in Galatasaray Lycee.
He died in 1201 H.

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		<title>YUSUF: &#8216;Demirci Kulu&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/20/yusuf-demirci-kulu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Yusuf was a native of Istanbul. He was born in the district of Tophane but his date of birth is uncertain. He was the slave of Demirci Agha, who cast the metal for the cannons in the foundry belonging to the Corps of Janissaries, and was thus generally known as &#8216;Demirci KuIu&#8217; (save of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YESARI: &#8220;Mehmed Esad Yesari&#8221; (d. 1798)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 Mehmed Esad Yesari was a native of Istanbul. He was born paralysed down the right hand side of his body, which gave rise to the nickname &#8220;Yesari&#8221; (left-handed). He learned the art of calligraphy from the master of Ta&#8217;Iiq script Mehmed Dedezade and very quickly gained his icazet. (1167 H.).
He trained a considerable number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YAHYA FAHREDDIN</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Yahya Fahreddin was born in Istanbul and was generally known as Sari Yahya (Yahya the Fair) of Tophane. He was the son of one Osman Effendi. His date of birth is uncertain, but he is known to have learned the art of calligraphy from Anbarizade Dervis Ali and to have continued his studies after the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YAHYA HILMI: (1833 - 1909)</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/20/yahya-hilmi-1833-1909/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Yahya Hilmi was born in Istanbul in 1249 H. He learned the art of calligraphy from Hasim Effendi, a pupil of Rakim, and Halil Zühdi Effendi. His Thuluth, and more particularly his Naskhi, were remarkable for their perfection of style and attractive appearance. The Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts contains a very large-scale Qur&#8217;an. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VASFI: &#8220;Gebecizade Mehmed Vasfi&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Mehmed Vasfi was a teacher in the Palace&#8217;s school and widely known by the cognomen Gebecizade&#8221;. The date of his birth is uncertain, but he is known to have learned the art of calligraphy from Ebubekir Rasid Effendi and to have received his icazet in 1181 H. He was a teacher of calligraphy to Mahmud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TAHSiN: &#8220;Hasan Tahsin Hilmi&#8221; (1847 - 1914)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 Tahsin Hilmi was born at Tophane in Istanbul in 1263 H. He learned Thuluth and Naskhi from Sefik Bey and Ta&#8217;Iiq from Sami Effendi. He held the post of teacher of penmanship in various school in Istanbul, including the Kiz Muallim Mektebi (Teacher Training School for Girls), and the Darüssafaka and Galatasaray Lycees.
He died [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEVKI: &#8220;Mehmed Sevki Effendi&#8221; (1828- 1887)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Mehmed Sevki Effendi was born in Kastamonu in 1245 H. He was brought to Istanbul at a very early age and learned Thuluth and Naskhi from his uncle Hulusi Effendi. He received his icazet at the age of fourteen. In spite of his teachers insistence he refused to continue his studies with any other teacher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEFiK BEY: (1819 - 1880)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 Sefik Bey was born in Besiktas in Istanbul in 1235 H. He began to study calligraphy with Ali Vasfi Effendi and, after the death of his father, continued his studies with the greatest calligrapher of the time, Kazasker Mustafa Izzet Effendi. He was later appointed teacher of calligraphy to the officiais in the Saray. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAMI EFFENDI: (1837 - 1914)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Sami Effendi was born in Istanbul in 1253 H. He was the son of Mahmud Effendi the Yorgancilar Kethüdasi (Head of the Quilt-Makers). He learned Ta&#8217;Iiq from Kibrisizade Ismail Hakki Effendi and All Haydar Bey, and Thuluth from Bosnak Osman Effendi; In Jeli script he was a close follower of Mustafa Rakim, whom he rivaled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RECAI: &#8220;Mehmed Recai Effendi&#8221; (1803 - 1874)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 Recai Effendi was born at Sütlüce in Istanbul in 1218 H. He learned Thuluth and Naskhi from Mehmed Effendi of Filibe and was awarded his icazet at the age of thirteen. Recai Effendi was the father of the poet and writer Recaizade Ekrem Bey and the grandfather of the writer Ercümend Ekrem Talu. Recai [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RIZA: &#8220;Hasan Riza&#8217; (1849 - 1920)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Hasan Riza was born in Usküdar in 1265 H. He earned the art of calligraphy from Yahya Hilmi Effendi, one of the secretaries in the Ministry of War, and later from Sefik Bey, from whom he received his icazet. He was one of the most prolific of Turkish calligraphers. He produced nineteen copies of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RAKIM: &#8216;Mustafa Rakim&#8221; (1757 - 1826)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 Mustafa Rakim occupies a most important place in the history of Turkish calligraphy. He was born in Unye in 1171 H. His elder brother was the famous calligrapher small Zühdü, who brought Mustafa to Istanbul while still a small child. Rakim learned the art of calligraphy from Ahmet Hifzi Effendi of Fethiye and his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OSMAN EFFENDI: &#8220;Hafiz Osman&#8221; (1642 - 1698)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 Osman Effendi was born in Istanbul. He studied calligraphy under the master calligrapher Dervish All and later under Suyolcuzade Eyyubi Mustafa Effendi, from whom he received his icazet. Hafiz Osman was a brilliant calligrapher who succeeded in investing the script originally employed by Sheikh Hamdullah with a new elegance, and thus became known as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NECMEDDiN OKYAY: (1883 - 1876)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 Necmeddin Okyay was born in 1300 H. in Usküdar. He received his icazet in Divani script from Talat Bey, teacher of writing in the Ravzai Terakki School in Usküdar, and his icazet in Thuluth and Naskhi from Bakkal Arif Effendi. He also took lessons in Ta&#8217;liq and Jeli from the great calligrapher Sami Effendi. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NAZIF BEY: &#8220;Mehmed Nazif&#8221; (1846 - 1914)</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/20/nazif-bey-mehmed-nazif-1846-1914/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 Mehmed Nazif Bey was a native of Ruscuk, and was born in 1262 H. He entered the Saray school at an early age, and there he learned the art of calligraphy from Vahdeti Effendi of Burdur, a pupil of Abdullah Zühdü. He later studied Ta&#8217;Iiq under Sami Effendi, from whom he received his icazet.
After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MUSTAFA VASIF: (d. 1852)</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/20/mustafa-vasif-d-1852/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 Mustafa Vasif was a native of Kastamonu. He came to Istanbul at an early age and began to study Thuluth and Naskhi under the calligrapher Gebecizade Mehmed Effendi. His teacher gave him the nickname &#8220;Comez&#8221; (theology student who served his master in return for board and tuition) by which he was commonly known. Kazasker [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MUSTAFA IZZET: &#8220;Vesarizade&#8221; (d. 1849)</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/20/mustafa-izzet-vesarizade-d-1849/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Mustafa Izzet was the son of the great master of calligraphy Esad Yesari. His date of birth is uncertain. He learned the art of calligraphy from his father, from whom he also received his icazet. He wrote a very beautiful Ta&#8217;Iiq script. Very fine inscriptions by Mustafa Izzet are to be seen on a large [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, Los Angeles</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/ucla-center-for-near-eastern-studies-los-angeles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Manuscripts</category>
	<category>Universities</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Designated as a National Resource Center of Excellence, the Center for Near Eastern Studies supports the enrichment of the UCLA Library’s sizeable material collection which is available to students and scholars, researchers and professionals, precollegiate teachers and the public.
	The Library’s Middle East and Islamic studies research collection is the largest in the western United States, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rare Book Review</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/rare-book-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Bibliography</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Rare Book Review is the world’s leading magazine for all those who love, collect and/or deal in rare and valuable books.
	Launched in 1974, the magazine was originally called Antiquarian Book Monthly Review, but its title was recently changed to Rare Book Review to reflect the fact that it covers printed items of all kinds, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The House of Wisdom, Baghdad</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/the-house-of-wisdom-baghdad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Institutions</category>
	<category>Librarys</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Named after the great Abbasid dynasty library established in 832 and destroyed in the last invasion of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258, the House of Wisdom had been installed in 1995 in one of the few surviving 13th century Abbasid structures in Baghdad. This building was the site of the first Iraqi parliament. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Central al-Awqaf Library, Baghdad</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/the-central-al-awqaf-library-bagdad/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/the-central-al-awqaf-library-bagdad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Archivs</category>
	<category>Librarys</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The semi-private al-Awqaf Library, founded in 1920, is the oldest heritage institution in Iraq. It is situated near the Ministry of Health in Baghdad. It contained 45,000 rare printed books of which 6,000 were in the Ottoman script as well as a number of special collections. The staff was able to put 5,250 of 7, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Iraqi National Library and Archive</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/the-iraqi-national-library-and-archive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Institutions</category>
	<category>Archivs</category>
	<category>Librarys</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The Iraqi National Library and Archive contained 12 million documents. In addition to a substantial book library, it may have had the largest collection of Arabic newspapers in the world. It housed documents from the period of the Hashmenite monarchy (1920-1958) and the Turkish Ottoman period (1534-1918) as well as documents from the Republican period [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leiden University’s Department of Turkish Languages and Cultures</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/leiden-university%e2%80%99s-department-of-turkish-languages-and-cultures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Institutions</category>
	<category>Universities</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Turkish Studies
	The Turkish Studies Department of Leiden University is one of the largest research and teaching departments in its field in Europe. It has a permanent staff of six, one of whom is permanently stationed in Istanbul and eight additional staff members with non-tenured positions. It offers BA,MA, M.Phil and PhD degrees.The department maintains links [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvard University - Ottoman and Turkish Studies</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/harvard-university-ottoman-and-turkish-studies/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/harvard-university-ottoman-and-turkish-studies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	History of Ottoman and Turkish Studies at Harvard University
	Harvard University has a long tradition of teaching and research in the fields of Turkish and Ottoman studies. As early as the nineteenth century, courses on Ottoman history were taught at the University. However, during the past three decades, Turkish and Ottoman studies have been expanded and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Arts of the Mongols</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/the-arts-of-the-mongols/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	&#8220;A monstrous and inhuman race of men,&#8221; Mathew Paris called the Mongols in the 12th century. They &#8220;feed on raw flesh, and even on human beings,&#8221; he wrote in his history, Chronica Majora.&#8221; They are incomparable archers,…impious and inexorable men.&#8221;
	Written by Shelia S. Blair
	The Mongols themselves traded on this reputation to intimidate their enemies. &#8220;Our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Harvard University Art Museums - The Arthur M. Sackler Museum</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/the-harvard-university-art-museums-the-arthur-m-sackler-museum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Museums</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Harvard&#8217;s collection of Islamic and later Indian art is small but magnificent. It comprises a broad range of works, from Samanid pottery and Mamluk calligraphy to Qajar lacquers and Ottoman textiles. The department is particularly strong, however, in painting. Its masterpieces, which rank among the finest in the United States, include a group of miniatures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exhibitions: Sackler Museum - The Tablet and the Pen: Drawings from the Islamic World</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/exhibitions-sackler-museum-the-tablet-and-the-pen-drawings-from-the-islamic-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The Tablet and the Pen: Drawings from the Islamic World uses 28 examples from Turkey, Iran and India to explore the development of drawing as an independent artistic medium; as part of the process of design for paintings, textiles and metalwork; and as a catalyst for artistic experimentation. It emphasizes aspects of technique and illuminates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Metropolitan Museum&#8217;s collection of Islamic art</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/the-metropolitan-museums-collection-of-islamic-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	    The Metropolitan Museum&#8217;s collection of Islamic art, which ranges in date from the seventh to the nineteenth century, reflects the great diversity and range of Islamic culture and offers perhaps the most comprehensive permanent installation of Islamic art on view anywhere. Nearly 12,000 objects created in the cultural tradition of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Detroit Institute of Arts</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/the-detroit-institute-of-arts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	    The Islamic collection was expanded in the 1920s under the leadership of the first curator of Near Eastern art. The arts of Islam are exhibited adjacent to the galleries of Asian Art on the first floor and includes the book arts, calligraphy and miniature painting, and objects of glass, ivory, lacquer, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Los Angeles County Museum of Art</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/the-los-angeles-county-museum-of-art/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/the-los-angeles-county-museum-of-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Museums</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The Los Angeles County Museum of Art houses one of the most significant collections of Islamic art in the world. These widely diverse arts, from an area extending from southern Spain to Central Asia , trace the distinctive visual imagination of Islamic artists over a period of fourteen hundred years. The collection is comprised of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, University of Washington</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/department-of-near-eastern-languages-and-civilization-university-of-washington/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Universities</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization (NELC) is devoted to teaching and research concerning the principal cultures and languages of the Near and Middle East, including Central Asia, emphasizing not only their contemporary manifestations but also their ancient and medieval roots, and their significance within the history of world civilizations.
	Our language and thematic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ottoman Historical Dictionary</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/ottoman-historical-dictionary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Universities</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	This dictionary is part of the Ottoman Texts Archive Project at the University of Washington and is developed by three Informatics students for their capstone project.
	Contact

Dictionary Director - Semih Tezcan.
Project Director - OTAP | Walter G. Andrews. walter@u.washington.edu
Project Mentor - CARTAH | Stacy Waters. stacy@u.washington.edu
Project Members - Information School | Informatics undergraduate
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		<title>Ottoman Text Archive Project</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/ottoman-text-archive-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Universities</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	What is OTAP?
	    * OTAP is a cooperative international project employing computer technology and the resources of the World Wide Web to make transcribed Ottoman texts and resources for understanding Ottoman texts broadly accessible to international audiences.
	    * OTAP is jointly sponsored by the University of Washington in Seattle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Miniatures of the Zubdat Al- Tawarikh</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	by: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Günsel Renda, Hacettepe University, ANKARA
	One of the richly illustrated manuscripts of the sixteenth century is the Zubdat-al Tawarikh in the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul, dedicated to Sultan Murad III in 1583. The manuscript contains forty miniatures of the finest quality reflecting the mature Ottoman court style of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Osmanlı Hat Sanatı</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/osmanl%c4%b1-hat-sanat%c4%b1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Tevki&#8217; ve onun incesi olan rıkaa&#8217; hattının mahalli anlayışlarla işlenmesi sonunda İran&#8217;da ortaya çıkışıyla -asılmış gibi duran harflerinden dolayı- bu yazıya ta&#8217;lik adı verilmiş; bu kadim ta&#8217;lik hattı, o ülkede devlet yazışmalarını yürüten münşiler tarafından çok kullanılıp geliştirilmiştir. Kuruluşundan itibaren, devletin resmi yazısı olarak tevki&#8217; -ve nadiren rıkaa&#8217;- hattına yer veren Osmanlılar, Fatih&#8217;in Akkoyunlular&#8217;la savaşması [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Konya (District) Manuscripts Library</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/konya-district-manuscripts-library/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Manuscripts</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The library was opened to the public on 20 July 1984 by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The foundation goal was to gather valuable manuscript collections around the country. Its complex consists of three stories which include 14 bureau, 3 depots and 4 reading halls. The usable field is 723 m2.
	YUSUFAĞA MANUSCRIPTS LIBRARY
	It was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Osmanlı Kütüphaneleri - Ottoman Libraries</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/osmanl%c4%b1-kutuphaneleri-ottoman-libraries/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/osmanl%c4%b1-kutuphaneleri-ottoman-libraries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Abstract: A brief introduction  of Ottoman libraries in turkish.
	İlk kütüphane Osman Bey zamanında İznik&#8217;te, ikincisi ise Edirne&#8217;de Lala Şahin Paşa tarafından kuruldu.
	Yıldırım Bâyezîd Han zamanında Bursa&#8217;da Eyne Subaşı Medresesinin üst katında bir kütüphane ile Eyne Subaşının Balıkesir&#8217;de yaptırdığı medresede bir kütüphane kuruldu. Fatih Sultan Mehmed Han İstanbul&#8217;u fethettikten sonra çeşitli îmar faaliyetleri arasında önemli [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring Ottoman and Turkish History</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/18/exploring-ottoman-and-turkish-history-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Autor(en):	Landau, Jacob M.
Titel:	Exploring Ottoman and Turkish History
Ort:	London
Verlag:	C. Hurst &#038; Co
Jahr:	2004
ISBN:	1-85065-752-1
Umfang/Preis:	433 S.; € 46,26
	Rezensiert für H-Soz-u-Kult von:
Wolfgang G. Schwanitz, Deutsches Orient-Institut Hamburg

	Dieser Band eines Meisters seiner Fächer vereint Schriften aus vier Jahrzehnten. Eine Hälfte widmet Jacob M. Landau der späten osmanischen Geschichte, die andere der Türkei und den von ihr geprägten Räumen im Kaukasus und in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Austrian National Library, Vienna</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/austrian-national-library-vienna/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/austrian-national-library-vienna/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Librarys</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	As the main scientific library of the Republic of Austria, the Austrian National Library (ANL) can look back on a history rich in tradition dating to the 14th century.
	The Austrian National Library owns 170 valuable Persian manuscripts that it acquired between 1868 and 1994. They are texts concerning science, technology, religion, theology, literature, history, geography, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Library of Russia,  Oriental Manuscripts Collection</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/national-library-of-russia-oriental-manuscripts-collection-3/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/national-library-of-russia-oriental-manuscripts-collection-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Librarys</category>
		<guid>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/national-library-of-russia-oriental-manuscripts-collection-3/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	by Olga Vasilieva, Curator of the MS Department Oriental Collection.
	Imperial Public Library started acquiring manuscripts in oriental languages as soon as it was established in 1795. By the time it was officially inaugurated in 1812 it had accumulated 183 such manuscripts, 103 of them being from P.P. Dubrovsky&#8217;s collection. 
	   The largest acquisitions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISLAMIC ART IN THE CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN COLLECTION</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/islamic-art-in-the-calouste-gulbenkian-collection/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/islamic-art-in-the-calouste-gulbenkian-collection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Notable Readings</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	ISLAMIC ART IN THE CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN COLLECTION
Bait Al Zubair Museum, Oman
Ed. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
117 pages
ISBN 972-8848-17-X
€ 27
	The profusely illustrated exhibition catalogue (English and Arabic editions) includes pieces from a broad range of Islamic arts, produced between the late twelfth and the twentieth centuries in the same geographical areas as those represented in the Calouste Gulbenkian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/calouste-gulbenkian-foundation/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/calouste-gulbenkian-foundation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Foundations</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation was established by Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian&#8217;s will dated 1953 and founded in July 1956. 
	
	The Calouste Gulbenkian Collection comprises some 6000 pieces. The Museum houses on the permanent exhibition galleries 1000 of its most representative works. A short selection choice of the most outstanding pieces in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum belonging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of the Book from East to West and Memories of the Ottoman World</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/the-art-of-the-book-from-east-to-west-and-memories-of-the-ottoman-world/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/the-art-of-the-book-from-east-to-west-and-memories-of-the-ottoman-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Events &#038; Exhibitions</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The Art of the Book from East to West and Memories of the Ottoman World
Masterpieces of the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection
From 14 April to 28 May, 2006
Sakip Sabançi Museum, Istanbul
	In the year when the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this exhibition hosted in the hometown of its founder, helps to reveal a lesser known [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Museum of Classical Divan Literature - Galata Mevlevi Lodge</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/museum-picks-museum-of-classical-divan-literature-galata-mevlevi-lodge/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/museum-picks-museum-of-classical-divan-literature-galata-mevlevi-lodge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 06:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Museums</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Notable museums in Turkey:
	The Galata Mevlevi Lodge (mevlevihane) or as it is also known the Kulekapı Mevlevi Lodge which is now serving as a museum, is one of the institutions which reflect the culture of the era in the best possible way. The Mevlevi Lodges which for centuries combined scholarship with music, had a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Istanbul Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/museum-picks-istanbul-turkish-and-islamic-arts-museum-2/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/museum-picks-istanbul-turkish-and-islamic-arts-museum-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 05:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Museums</category>
	<category>Librarys</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Notable Museums:
	Turkish and Islamic Works Museum is the first Turkish museum covering the Turkish and Islamic art works wholly. The establishment works that have been started at the end of 19th century have been completed in 1913 and the museum has been opened for visit in the soup kitchen building located in Süleymaniye Mosque complex, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calligraphy - A Noble Art</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/calligraphy-a-noble-art/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/calligraphy-a-noble-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 05:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>History of Ottoman Calligrapy</category>
		<guid>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/calligraphy-a-noble-art/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Calligraphy is more than handwriting. It is a &#8220;spiritual technique&#8221; that beaches out with grace and elegance to engage the eve, mind and soul…
	Written by Kamel Al-Baba
	In a broad sense, calligraphy is merely handwriting, a means of recording and transmitting information, sometimes clearly, sometimes not, but in most instances hastily and with little regard for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Es-Seyyid Abdullah Efendi d. 1731</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/brief-biographies-of-ottoman-calligraphers-es-seyyid-abdullah-efendi-d-1731/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/brief-biographies-of-ottoman-calligraphers-es-seyyid-abdullah-efendi-d-1731/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 05:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Calligraphers</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Abdullah of Yedikule was the favourite pupil of the celebrated calligrapher Hafiz Osman Efendi, and we know from the register of calligraphers that he received his icazet in 1102 H. He achieved great beauty and perfection in his use of Thuluth and Naskhi and was awarded both praise and protection by Sultan Ahmed Ill. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Ottoman Calligraphy</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/history-of-ottoman-calligraphy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 05:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>History of Ottoman Calligrapy</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Introduction
	A Brief History of Ottoman Calligraphy
	When, in the tenth century, the Turks migrated to the West from their original home in the steppes of northwest China, they came into contact in Turkestan, Afghanistan and Iran with the religion and culture of the Islamic world. The mass conversion to Islamic, which resulted from this migration, was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OTTOMAN ARCHIVES</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/ottoman-archives/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/ottoman-archives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Bibliography</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	OTTOMAN ARCHIVES
prepared by Necati Aktaş, İsmet Binark;
translated by Salih Sadawi Salih;
edited and preface by Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu,
published in cooperation with the University of Jordan, Centre for Archives and Manuscripts,
Amman, 1986 (in Arabic)
	This book contains a brief history of the Ottoman Archives, a description of the present classification systems used in the archives, explanations of archival regulations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE THULUTH AND NASKH MASHQS OF MEHMED ŞEVKI EFENDI</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/the-thuluth-and-naskh-mashqs-of-mehmed-%c5%9fevki-efendi/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/the-thuluth-and-naskh-mashqs-of-mehmed-%c5%9fevki-efendi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Bibliography</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	THE THULUTH AND NASKH MASHQS OF MEHMED ŞEVKI EFENDI
prepared by Mohammed Tamimi
Istanbul, 1999 (in Arabic, preface in English and Turkish)
	The exercise book prepared by calligrapher Mehmed Şevki Efendi (1829-1887) for the thuluth and naskh calligraphic:sfj useful tool for those who wish to upgrade their sfcij This publication will be followed by exercise booji other styles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SALNAMELER VE NEVSALLER OTTOMAN YEARBOOKS</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/salnameler-ve-nevsaller-ottoman-yearbooks/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/salnameler-ve-nevsaller-ottoman-yearbooks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Bibliography</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	SALNAMELER VE NEVSALLER OTTOMAN YEARBOOKS (SALNAMES AND NEVSALS)
compiled by Hasan Duman Istanbul, 1982
	Union catalogue and bibliographic work about state and provincial yearbooks (Salnames) published by the Ottoman State between the years 1847-1918. It gives general and specific information about a wide geographical area, where there are presently more than 20 states. Preface, explanations and annotations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TURKISH ART AND ARCHITECTURE</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/turkish-art-and-architecture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Bibliography</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	TURKISH ART AND ARCHITECTURE,
by Oktay Aslanapa, translated by Ahmad Issa,
Istanbul, 1987 (illustrated, in Arabic)
	This book is a comprehensive encyclopedic work on the history of Turkish art and architecture, covering various branches of art such as carpet-making, the arts of the book including calligraphy, miniatures and binding, etc. Originally published in English. A glossary of 600 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA), Istanbul</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/research-centre-for-islamic-history-art-and-culture-ircica-istanbul/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/research-centre-for-islamic-history-art-and-culture-ircica-istanbul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Institutions</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	IRCICA is an international institution active in the fields of research, publishing, documentation and information. Its mandate covers multifarious themes in the fields of the history of Muslim nations, history of arts and sciences in Islam, and other subject areas in Islamic culture and civilisation. By means of these activities, IRCICA aims at studying and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Middle East Librarians Association</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/the-middle-east-librarians-association/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/the-middle-east-librarians-association/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 21:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Associations</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The Middle East Librarians Association is a private, non-profit, non-political organization of librarians and others interested in those aspects of librarianship which support the study of or dissemination of information about the Middle East. The area signified is considered to include those countries from Morocco through Pakistan as well as other areas formerly included in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRAQI CENTRE FOR MANUSCRIPTS, BAGHDAD</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/iraqi-centre-for-manuscripts-baghdad/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/iraqi-centre-for-manuscripts-baghdad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 21:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Archivs</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The origins of this library  lie in the former manuscript holdings of the Iraqi Museum Library, which were started in 1940, and subsequently became a prime national repository for manuscripts, growing from a total of about 4,000 in 1968 to about 38,000 in 1988. In that year, following the example of the former British [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/world-survey-of-islamic-manuscripts/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/world-survey-of-islamic-manuscripts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 21:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Bibliography</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts Volume I, English edition
Edited by Geoffrey Roper
Year 1992
ISBN 1 873992 01 7
Pages 569
Price £ 50.00
	Contents
	This volume is one of 4 resulting from al-Furqan’s pioneering project to conduct a comprehensive survey of Islamic manuscript collections throughout the world. One hundred and six countries were eventually covered, including hitherto unknown collections in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation, London</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/al-furqan-islamic-heritage-foundation-london/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/al-furqan-islamic-heritage-foundation-london/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 21:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Manuscripts</category>
	<category>Foundations</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation was established in London in 1988 by the Yamani Cultural and Charitable Foundation. It is housed in a historic Jacobean manor: Eagle House. The Foundation has as its aim the documentation and preservation of the Islamic written heritage. It is pursuing this aim principally through its work in surveying, cataloguing, editing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Islamic University Rotterdam -Faculty of Islamic Arts</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/islamic-university-rotterdam-faculty-of-islamic-arts/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/islamic-university-rotterdam-faculty-of-islamic-arts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 20:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Universities</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The Faculty of Arts has been launched during the academic year 2001-2002. It is still receiving the new students. The lectures start in the very near future. The faculty of Arts has as objective to teach Islamic Arts such as Calligraphy in terms of their characteristics and developments throughout the Islamic history.
	This faculty offers programs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art - Jerusalem</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/la-mayer-museum-for-islamic-art-jerusalem/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/la-mayer-museum-for-islamic-art-jerusalem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 19:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Museums</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The L.A. Mayer Museum was founded by the late Mrs. Vera Bryce Salomons, realizing her long-standing idea of giving expression to the impressive artistic achievements of Israel&#8217;s Muslim neighbors. Mrs. Salomons dedicated the Museum to her friend and teacher, Prof. Leo Arie Mayer. The Museum was opened to the public in 1974.
	
The History of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beit al-Qur&#8217;an, Manama, Bahrain.</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/beit-al-quran-manama-bahrain/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/beit-al-quran-manama-bahrain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Museums</category>
	<category>Manuscripts</category>
		<guid>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/beit-al-quran-manama-bahrain/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The Beit al-Qur&#8217;an collection of Qur&#8217;anic manuscripts is one of the most comprehensive of its type in the world. This great collection includes magnificent calligraphic works from as early as the first century hijra (7th / 8th CE) to the present day, from all regions of the Islamic world, from China to Andalusian Spain. Manuscripts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Qur&#8217;an Manuscripts in the al-Haram al-Sharif Islamic Museum</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/the-quran-manuscripts-in-the-al-haram-al-sharif-islamic-museum/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/the-quran-manuscripts-in-the-al-haram-al-sharif-islamic-museum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Notable Readings</category>
	<category>Book Reviews</category>
	<category>Bibliography</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The Qur&#8217;an Manuscripts in the al-Haram al-Sharif Islamic Museum, Jerusalem
2001 • 206 pages • 290 x 230 mm • 179 colour photographs • Cased• ISBN 1 85964 132 6
	Khader Salameh
	Of the many ways in which Muslims through the ages have sought to express their faith, none is more impressive than that of Qur’anic calligraphy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Islamic Museum of the Temple Mount</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/islamic-museum-jerusalem-palestine/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/islamic-museum-jerusalem-palestine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Museums</category>
	<category>Archivs</category>
	<category>Manuscripts</category>
		<guid>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/islamic-museum-jerusalem-palestine/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	This museum was established in 1923 by the Islamic Legal Council in Palestine. The manuscript collection of the Islamic Museum consists entirely of masahif of the Qur&#8217;an, numbering 644, donated over centuries to Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. Some were presented by rulers and private individuals, and others have been donated by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Âstan-i Quds-i Razavi Library, Mashhad, Iran.</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/astan-i-quds-i-razavi-library-mashhad-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/astan-i-quds-i-razavi-library-mashhad-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Archivs</category>
	<category>Librarys</category>
	<category>Manuscripts</category>
		<guid>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/astan-i-quds-i-razavi-library-mashhad-iran/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	This library has one of the oldest (established in 861 AH/1457 CE) collection of Islamic manuscripts in the Muslim world and the most important in Iran.It has about 29,000 manuscripts in Arabic, Persian and Turkish. Of the 29,000 manuscripts it possess, 11,000 are manuscripts of the Qur&#8217;an, thus making it the largest Qur&#8217;anic manuscript collection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya (Egyptian National Library), Cairo,Egypt.</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/dar-al-kutub-al-misriyya-egyptian-national-library-cairoegypt/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/dar-al-kutub-al-misriyya-egyptian-national-library-cairoegypt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Librarys</category>
	<category>Manuscripts</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The manuscript collection in Dar al-Kutub is regarded as one of the largest and most important in the world. The total number of manuscripts in this library are 50,755 out of which 47,065 are in Arabic, 996 in Persian and 2,150 in Turkish. It contains priceless and rare manuscripts from the Islamic heritage, especially from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maktabat al-Jami` al-Kabir (Maktabat al-Awqaf), The Great Mosque, San`a&#8217;-Yemen.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Librarys</category>
	<category>Manuscripts</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The Great Mosque of San`a&#8217;, established in 6th year of hijra when the Prophet(P) entrusted one of his companions to build a mosque. It is considered to be the first mosque in Yemen and among the oldest in Islamic world. The mosque was extended and enlarged by Islamic rulers from time to time. The manuscript [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Qur&#8217;an of &#8216;Uthman</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Manuscripts</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	by Efim A. Rezvan
(St.Petersburg, Katta-Langar, Bukhara, Tashkent)
	Since the late 15th century, the Qur&#8217;anic manuscript, one of the most important in the world, was preserved in the memorial complex of the &#8216;Ishqiyya Sufi brotherhood in the small village of Katta-Langar, some 100 km to the south of Samarqand. It was venerated for centuries as a genuine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ORIENTAL Faberge -Manuscripts and Jewelry</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/oriental-faberge-manuscripts-and-jewelry/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/oriental-faberge-manuscripts-and-jewelry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Manuscripts</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	by E.A.Rezvan
	In the early 1960s, a collection of exquisite, enamel-encrusted gold cigarette cases adorned with diamonds, sapphires, rubies was bequeathed to the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. They were the gift of a somewhat mysterious elderly man named Charles Antoine Roger Luzarche d&#8217;Azay. Nearly every cigarette case bears a strange Arabic inscription. Many of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Petersburg branch of The Institute Of Oriental Studies</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/st-petersburg-branch-of-the-institute-of-oriental-studies/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/st-petersburg-branch-of-the-institute-of-oriental-studies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Institutions</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The history of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies can be traced back to 1818, when the Asian Museum of the Imperial Academy of Sciences was founded in St. Petersburg. The Museum was keeping the Eastern antiquities and books of the famous collection of the Russian Tsar Peter the Great. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oriental Studies in Russia</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/oriental-studies-in-russia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Institutions</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	By Leonid Kulikov
	One of the most striking peculiarities of the infrastructure of Russian science as a whole and Oriental Studies in particular consists in the subdividing of scientific activity into two main &#8220;streams&#8221;, namely the so-called &#8220;academic&#8221; science as opposed to university (high school) science. All the academic institutes are dominated by the Russian Academy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/the-skilliter-centre-for-ottoman-studies-4/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/the-skilliter-centre-for-ottoman-studies-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Institutions</category>
	<category>Librarys</category>
	<category>Manuscripts</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies supports research into the history, literature and culture of the Ottoman Empire. It seeks to encourage knowledge and understanding of a major Muslim empire with large European and Mediterranean territories, and to assist scholars from many disciplines in exploring connections between their own work and Ottoman studies. It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Masterpieces of Ottoman Calligraphy</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/masterpieces-of-ottoman-calligraphy-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 13:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Works of Calligraphy</category>
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		<title>Copyright &#038; Permission</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 13:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Copyright Notice</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Texts of articles copyrighted by JOC  may be reprinted, either in print or electronically, without specific prior permission from the publisher, provided the following three conditions are met:
	1. The text must not be edited. Abridgement is permissible only if the abridged text has been previously approved by the editors and the credit states &#8220;Abridged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Istanbul Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/museum-picks-istanbul-turkish-and-islamic-arts-museum/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/15/museum-picks-istanbul-turkish-and-islamic-arts-museum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 13:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Notable Museums:
	Turkish and Islamic Works Museum is the first Turkish museum covering the Turkish and Islamic art works wholly. The establishment works that have been started at the end of 19th century have been completed in 1913 and the museum has been opened for visit in the soup kitchen building located in Süleymaniye Mosque complex, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Reviews: Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web.</title>
		<link>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/14/book-reviews-digital-history-a-guide-to-gathering-preserving-and-presenting-the-past-on-the-web/</link>
		<comments>http://calligrapher.blogsome.com/2006/04/14/book-reviews-digital-history-a-guide-to-gathering-preserving-and-presenting-the-past-on-the-web/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Book Reviews</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Daniel J. Cohen and Roy Rosenzweig. Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. 316 pp. Illustrations, photos, notes, index. $28.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8122-1923-6.
	Reviewed by: Brad Eden, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Published by: H-HRE (March, 2006)
	The Web for Historians
	This book is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>About JOC</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	A Collector´s Vision
	The Journal of Ottoman Calligraphy is dedicated to Islamic art and Ottoman calligraphy and it is currently a Online journal. The JOC is a semi-academic online periodical devoted to the subject, and has been spearheading the ongoing discussion defining Islamic and Ottoman calligraphy, since its founding in 2006. JOC is a refereed online [...]]]></description>
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