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Leon Whitfield

Leon Whitfield writes for the Illumination (Tezhip) department at Matchless Pieces, covering the history, makers and collecting of illumination (tezhip).

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Ertuğrul. Miniature (gouache heightened with gold). Istanbul 1616. Jacquemart-André Museum Library, Paris, Manuscript MJAP Ms 1314-1, f. 7r

October 12, 2026

Zeynulabidin preaching in defence of Huseyin in a mosque in the presence of Yezid. A miniature painting from a manuscript of Hadikat us-suada, a history of the holy martyrs of the

October 12, 2026

Enthronement of a King, from the Tercüme-i Şahname, c. 1560-1570 (İstanbul, Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi, н. 1522, fol. 494b)

October 12, 2026

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October 12, 2026

Selīm-nāma by Şūkrī-i Bitlisī f.64b. Selim I being entertained. Sükri, Selimnâme, circa 1530, TSM, Н. 1597-98

October 12, 2026

Ertuğrul. Miniature (gouache heightened with gold). Istanbul 1616. Jacquemart-André Museum Library, Paris, Manuscript MJAP Ms 1314-1, f. 7r

Zeynulabidin preaching in defence of Huseyin in a mosque in the presence of Yezid. A miniature painting from a manuscript of Hadikat us-suada, a history of the holy martyrs of the

Enthronement of a King, from the Tercüme-i Şahname, c. 1560-1570 (İstanbul, Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi, н. 1522, fol. 494b)

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Selīm-nāma by Şūkrī-i Bitlisī f.64b. Selim I being entertained. Sükri, Selimnâme, circa 1530, TSM, Н. 1597-98

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Map of Part of the Coastline of the Sea of Marmara, with the Town of Kavak

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