Hafiz Osman
(1642-1698 A.D.)
Full name:
Hafiz Osman
What he did:
- Considered the greatest 17th century calligrapher of the Ottoman style
- Re-invigorated the tradition of Seyh Hamdullah, and re-introduced the six scripts that had fallen into disuse
- His style slowly replaced Seyh Hamdullahâs
Biography:
- Member of a dervish order
- Famous for his writing in the naskh script
- Tutored sultans Ahmed II (died 1691), Mustafa II (died 1695) and Ahmed III (died 1736)
- Sultan Mustafa II respected the calligrapher by holding his inkwell while he wrote
- Wrote 25 copies of the Koran. Examples of his work are held at the Topkapi Palace Museum Library in Istanbul and by the Nasser D. Khalili Collection
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Calligraphy by Hafiz Osman
