Red Hilye

*This product is shipped unframed.  Title: Red Hilye Year: 2010 Medium: Ink, hot tempera, four alloys of gold on ahar paper Script: Sulus, Nesih, and Muhakkak Image size: 37 x 25.5” Interpretation: Top line, in Muhakkak script: In the name of God, Whose mercy is comprehensive, Whose mercy is specific. Text in circular portion, in Nesih script: Ali [son-in-law of the Prophet], may God be pleased with him, when he would describe the Prophet, peace be upon him, would say: He was not too tall and attenuated, nor was he excessively short. He was medium sized. His hair was not short and curly, nor was it lank, but it was smooth and wavy. His face was not narrow, nor was it fully round, but there was a roundness to it. His skin was a ruddy white. His eyes were black. He had long eyelashes. He was big-boned and had wide shoulders. He had no body hair except in the middle of his chest. He had thick hands and feet. When he walked, he walked inclined, as if descending a slope. When he looked