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Calligraphy (Hat) · Catalogue no. 403
Ottoman Divan Illuminators

Tughra of Süleyman

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c.1555–60, The Met.Chancery illuminators who turned the imperial monogram into a cosmos of gold and blue.

Artist / MakerOttoman Divan Illuminators
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16th c., IstanbulChancery illuminators who turned the imperial monogram into a cosmos of gold and blue. Full biography →

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