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Manuel Keene in [Berlin 1981] The tughra of an Ottoman sultan, affixed to all official documents and imperial decrees, became the ultimate symbol of his authority. Now, because of their supreme decorative quality, many have been cut from the documents they originally headed, as here.
Affixed to every royal edict, this stylized signature is an intricate calligraphic composition comprising the name of the reigning sultan, his father’s name, his title, and the phrase “the eternally victorious.” Its bold, gestural line contrasts with the delicate swirling vine-scroll illumination used to ornament the seal. Bibliography.
28 lip 2021 · Beginning with Sultan Orhan I (1288-1360) - the second ruler of the Ottoman Empire, as each sultan began his reign he developed his tughra for his official seal. This blog looks at the elements in the tughra and exemplar tughras in the Library of Congress Near East Collections.
13 wrz 2010 · Who were the Ottomans? Under the rule of Suleiman the Magnifcent (1520 - 1566) the Ottoman Empire reached its height. The inscription on this Tughra - 'the one who is always victorious' - is a...
24 lut 2023 · Affixed to every royal edict, this stylized signature is an intricate calligraphic composition comprising the name of the reigning sultan, his father’s name, his title, and the phrase “the eternally victorious.”
A court official, known as a tughrakes, added the sultan's tughra at the top of all official decrees. In addition to official documents, the tughra was also stamped on some coins (fig. 26). Tughras deliberately included elaborate calligraphy that was hard to copy to help prevent forgeries.
14 wrz 2010 · Sultans would choose their own personal tughra from a range of signatures drawn up by a court calligrapher on the day of their accession. Who were the Ottomans?
