e/Ottoman illumination

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has glosseng: Ottoman/Turkish art of illumination is called “tezhip”, an Arabic word which means “ornamenting with gold”. It was a part of the Ottoman Book Arts together with Ottoman miniature (taswir), calligraphy (hat)— see Islamic calligraphy—bookbinding (cilt) and paper marbling (ebru). In the Ottoman empire, illuminated and illustrated manuscripts were commissioned by the Sultan or the administrators of the court. In Topkapi Court, these manuscripts were created by the artists working in Nakkashane, the atelier of the miniature and illumination artists. Both religious and non-religious books could be illuminated. Also plates called muraqka or levha were consisted of illuminated calligraphy (hat) works and their content were religious texts, verses from poems or proverbs.
lexicalizationeng: Ottoman Illumination
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