SIGNED 'ABD AL-FATTAH (ABDULFETTAH) EFENDI, TURKEY, MID-19TH CENTURY

'Abd al-Fattah, one of the most able 19th century Ottoman calligraphers, was sent with Mehmet Sefik by Sultan Abdulmecid to Bursa to repair the inscriptions on the Ulu Cami (congregational mosque). These consist of the 99 names of God in very large kufic and diwani script, often mirrored, around its twelve great pillars and walls. His work is also in the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, and several mosques in Edirne.

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