Dukja estetike e një dokumenti të vjetër osman
The aesthetics of an old ottoman document

A close view on a Berat of the year 1315/1898 preserved at the Archive of Kosova

Summary/Abstract: Our historical past has been preserved in various records, especially in the Ottoman documents, which sums up a very important five-century history. Once you see these records, you will be inspired and amazed by the fact that, in addition of the side of argument and historical testimony, they also represent another field that is accessible to the eye, permeable to the heart and extremely important for their artistic - aesthetic side. Each of these records, if you look at them and analyze them with serenity and critical-artistic view, you will discover the harmony, arrangement of rows, and precise and accurate connection of letters, one after the other, just like pearl beads, that will make you have the impression that you will never forget them. It is worth mentioning here that the records written in the form of a bouquets of flowers, known in Ottoman paleography as dîvânî and celâlî dîvânî writting, were usually used to write the berat’s for medallions or decorations with which the meritorious people have been promoted in various fields.

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