AN EVALUATION ON JALI THULUTH LETTERING PATTERNS IN THE TOPKAPI PALACE MUSEUM LIBRARY OF CALLİGRAPHER SAMİ EFENDİ

• Main Author: KANBAŞ, Mahmut Sami
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Turkish
• Published: Milli Saraylar İdaresi Başkanlığı İktisadi İşletmesi 2022
• Subjects: Sami Efendi;Islamic Calligraphy Art;Calligrapher;Jali Thuluth;Writing Pattern;Pinning;Orpiment Ink; Sami Efendi;Hat Sanatı;Hattat;Celî Sülüs;Yazı Kalıbı;İğneleme;Zırnık Mürekkebi; Sanat; Art; Sitte; sami
• Online Access: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/msdergisi/issue/73645/1199670

Calligrapher Sami Efendi, who is among the unforgettable in terms of calligraphy with his works, is one of the important rings of the Ottoman-calligraphy tradition in the 19th century. He lived between 1838-1912, represented Mustafa Râkım school in jalî thuluth and Yesârîzâde Mustafa İzzet style in jalî ṭa’liq and trained hundreds of calligraphers.Sami Efendi who could write in all six styles of calligraphy known as Aqlām al-Sitta, has hundreds of known or unknown celi plates. Among these, especially the writing patterns found in the Topkapı Palace Museum Library, GY 4, GY 98 and GY 81 have attracted the attention of everyone working in this field. These writing patterns are important in that they came out of the hand of the calligrapher himself. However, the fine or rough corrections he made in his works show his artistic adventure that continued for half a century.In this study, the writing patterns stages of a script were examined, and the differences between the works were pointed out by making aesthetic analyzes on the celi thuluth scripts of Sami Efendi, which were preserved in Topkapi Palace Museum Library. The writing patterns examined are important and indispensable models for those who are engaged in calligraphy. It is possible to count the works of the calligrapher, especially in his last years, among the masterpieces of calligraphy. Ortaya koyduğu eserlerle hat sanatı bakımından unutulmayacaklar arasında bulunan Sami Efendi, Osmanlı-hat geleneğinin 19. asırdaki önemli halkalarından biridir. Kendisi 1838-1912 yılları arasında yaşamış, celî sülüste Mustafa Râkım ekolünü, celî ta’lîkte Yesârîzâde Mustafa İzzet tarzını en mükemmel şekilde temsil etmiş ve yüzlerce hattat yetiştirmiştir. Aklâm-ı sitte olarak isimlendirilen hat çeşitlerinin tamamını yazacak güce sahip olan Sami Efendi’nin bilinen veya bilinmeyen yüzlerce celî levhası vardır. Bunlar arasında, özellikle Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi, GY 4, GY 98 ve GY 81’de bulunan yazı kalıpları, bu alanda çalışma yapan herkesin ilgisini çekmiştir. Bu ...