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Letter to Sultan Osman Han from King James VI & I, 1621 (pen & ink...

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CH7248737
Image title
Letter to Sultan Osman Han from King James VI & I, 1621 (pen & ink on paper)
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Artist
English School, (17th century) / English
Location
Private Collection
Medium
pen and ink on paper
Date
1621 AD (C17th AD)
Dimensions
63x68 cms
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Illuminated letter signed addressed to 'Sultan Osman Han Cheife Lord and Commander of the Ottoman Kingdome, and sole and supreme Monarch of ye Easterne Empire' (i.e. Sultan Osman II), Westminster, 9 July 1621. Manuscript on vellum, one membrane, 630 x 680 mm. Illuminated border in upper and side margins, 25 lines written in a cursive hand in brown ink with initial words and titles in liquid gold; Incipit on a diapered ground of gold and blue, large initial letter 'J' made with staves of interlaced bands and the arms, emblems and supporters of England and Scotland, baluster-shaped capitals of gold and dark red. Border of symmetrical scrolling tendrils and foliage in gold, blue, pink, red and green on a dotted background. Signed by the King in the lower margin (faded); address panel of similar form and colours on verso (darkened and with some loss of pigment). Provenance. John Chapman and by descent to Sir Edgar MacCulloch who owned the letter in 1887.

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17th century / England / United Kingdom / Europe / colour / correspondence / communication / writing / ottoman empire / illumination (manuscript) / history / manuscript / royalty / nobody

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