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mücellid bookbinder; plural, mücellidan seraser compound-weave fabric woven with
mülkname property deed that assigns income silver and gold metallic threads
from designated lands to support an serbólük head of a corps
endowment
serenk compound-weave fabric using two or
müselsel type of writing in which the letters are three colors of silk
joined together serlevha illuminated title page in a manuscript
müzehhib illuminator
sernakkas, head nakkas,; see also nakka§ba§i
nakka§ designer, decorator, or painter; plural,
nakka§an sikkezan maker of molds used in stamps, coins,
or seals
nakka§ba§i head nakka§; see also sernakka§
sorguç jeweled gold turban ornament with
nakka§hane building or institution where the sockets for plumes
nakka§an worked
stilus a style of cursive script
nesih a style of cursive script
s,ah king; title used by Muslim rulers, also
ni^anci chancellor in the Divan-i Hümayun used as a given name or a part of a
responsible for affixing the sultan's name
tugra on fermans
s,ahname book of kings; biography of the sultan
nihale woven or embroidered floor covering
s^ahnameci official biographer or historian of the
pa§a title given to high-ranking officials, sultan
particularly to vezirs, governors- Calvar loose pants gathered at the ankles
general, and military commanders
with buttons or loops
peri angel, more specifically a fairy or a §ehzade prince; son of the sultan
beautiful female spirit inhabiting a
fantastic world §eriat religious law of Islam based on the
Koran
rahle folding bookstand
§eyh spiritual leader
ressam painter
ceyhulislam leader of Islam and the head of the
Rumi one from Rumelia, or the European ulema; title of the chief judge and
provinces of the empire. Originally the enforcer of the Islamic laws and the
word Rum was applied to the lands of representative of the sultan's religious
the Eastern Roman Empire, hence to authority
Anatolia as well
talik a style of cursive script used mainly
rumi decorative element consisting of for transcribing literary and epic texts;
elongated leaves with pointed tips, also called nastalik
frequently employed in scrolls; at
times the leaves were split and paired Tefsir text devoted to the explanation and
to create a cartouche or joined by an interpretation of the Koran
undulating branch tevkii a style of cursive script
saf large multiniche prayer rug used in tile-mosaic technique used in tiles in which the
mosques individual motifs were cut from
sancak banner or standard; also a district in a ceramic slabs glazed in monochrome
province. The most prestigious sancaks colors and fitted together to form the
were assigned to the princes at an design
early age, where they were trained in tombak gilded copper
administrative and military affairs
tondino Italian word for a bowl with a deep
saz an enchanted forest of hatayis, long well and wide flattened rim
feathery leaves, and abstract flora tutya zinc
inhabited by peris, dragons, and other
fantastic creatures, applied to a style of tugra monogram of the sultan affixed to a
representation that re-creates this ferman, legalizing its contents
world, as well as to a decorative scroll tugrakes, person who draws the tugra
in which the elements intertwine,
overlap, and intersect one another turbe mausoleum, frequently a part of an
architectural compound endowed by
seccade small prayer rug with a mihrab niche the patron where he, together with
senmurv fantastic bird resembling a phoenix the members of his immediate family,
was buried
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