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  2. Ottoman illumination - Wikipedia

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    Turkish or Ottoman illumination refers to non-figurative painted or drawn decorative art found in manuscripts or on sheets in muraqqa. [1] In Turkish it is called “tezhip”, [2] meaning “ornamenting with gold”. The Classical Islamic style of manuscript illumination combines techniques from Turkish, Persian, and Arabic traditions.

  3. Turkish art - Wikipedia

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    Ottoman miniature and Ottoman illumination cover the figurative and non-figurative elements of the decoration of manuscripts, which tend to be treated as distinct genres, though often united in the same manuscript and page. [11] The reign of the Ottomans in the 16th and early 17th centuries introduced the Turkish form of Islamic calligraphy.

  4. Girih tiles - Wikipedia

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    The second segment is now a part of the rectangle's diagonal. Make a line parallel to AD and passing through point G that intersects the first ray at point H and the third ray at point I. The line HF passes through point E and intersects the third ray at L and line AD at J. Construct a line passing through J that is parallel to the third ray.

  5. Tughra - Wikipedia

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    Very elaborate decorated versions were created for important documents that were also works of art in the tradition of Ottoman illumination, such as the example of Suleiman the Magnificent in the gallery below. The tughra was designed at the beginning of the sultan's reign and drawn by the court calligrapher or nişancı on written documents ...

  6. Ottoman architectural decoration - Wikipedia

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    The Ottomans also did not continue the Seljuk tradition of constructing monumental stone portals covered in ornamentation. [118] Lastly, as the classical Ottoman style took form, large solid walls that were common in more traditional structures were superseded by highly articulated structures with many elements joined as part of a more complex ...

  7. Miniature (illuminated manuscript) - Wikipedia

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    Miniature of Sinon and the Trojan Horse, from the Vergilius Romanus, a manuscript of Virgil's Aeneid, early 5th century. A miniature (from the Latin verb miniare 'to colour with minium', a red lead [1]) is a small illustration used to decorate an ancient or medieval illuminated manuscript; the simple illustrations of the early codices having been miniated or delineated with that pigment.

  8. Girih - Wikipedia

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    Reconstruction of the larger-scale thick line pattern with larger tiles, and a spandrel in yellow Subdivision rule for the spandrel's pattern The girih patterns on the Darb-e Imam shrine built in 1453 at Isfahan had a much more complex pattern than any previously seen.

  9. Alam (finial) - Wikipedia

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    A 19th-century Ottoman tugh (left), and an 18th-century Ottoman alem for a flagpole (right) An 'alam ( Arabic : علَم , lit. 'flag') or alem ( Turkish : alem ) is a standard or flagpole in Islamic culture , typically topped by an ornate metal finial .