Hilye

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Hilye

Aslıhan Erkmen

Related Terms:

  • Khatt (calligraphy)
  • Tadhhib (illumination)
  • Tughra (sultanic monogram)

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Nancy Micklewright, “Mohamed Zakariya and the Practice of Calligraphy,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 16 November 2023.

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References:

Berk, Süleyman. “Tasarım ve Metnıyle Farklı Bir Baskı Hilye-i Şerife,” Dini Araştırmalar 20/51 (2017): 169–185. 

Dere, Ömer Faruk. Hâfız Osman Efendi. Istanbul: Korpus, 2009.

Gruber, Christiane. “The Prophet as a Sacred Spring: Late Ottoman Hilye Bottles,” in The Presence of the Prophet in Early Modern and Contemporary Islam, edited by Denis Gril, Stefan Reichmuth and Dilek Sarmis, 535–583. Leiden: Brill, 2021. 

Safwat, Nabil. The Art of the Pen: Calligraphy of the 14th to 20th Centuries. London: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, 1996.

Schick, Irvin Cemil (ed). Love for the Prophet: The Prophet Muhammad on the 1443th Anniversary of His Birth. Istanbul: Kültür Sanat Basımevi, 2014.

Schick, Irvin Cemil. “The Iconicity of Islamic Calligraphy in Turkey,” RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics 53/54 (2008): 211–224. 

Stanley, Tim. “From Text to Art Form in the Ottoman Hilye,” in Filiz Çağman’a Armağan, edited by Ayşe Erdoğdu, Zeynep Atbaş, and Aysel Çötelioğlu, 559–570. Istanbul: Lale Yayıncılık, 2018. 

Taşkale, Faruk and Hüseyin Gündüz. Hilye-i Şerife in Calligraphic Art: Characteristics of the Prophet Muhammed. Istanbul: Antik A.Ş., 2006.

Citation:

Aslıhan Erkmen, “Hilye,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 5 December 2023.

Aslıhan Erkmen (Ph.D., Istanbul Technical University) is Associate Professor of Art History at Istanbul Technical University, where she also serves as Art History Program Coordinator. Her main research interests include Islamic book arts, illustrated manuscripts, traditional arts and crafts, and intangible cultural heritage. With Şebnem Tamcan Parladır, she recently co-edited Zeren Tanındı Festschrift: Art and Culture of Books in the Islamic World (2022). Her scholarly output includes publications in both English and Turkish languages, as well as participation in EU-funded projects. Moreover, as a board member of Turkey’s Traditional Arts Association (TAA), she also practices the traditional arts of marbled paper and paper filigree.