Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
ARABIC-OTTOMAN PALEOGRAPHY II UARP322 6. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 5.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction English
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Elective
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Kemal TUZCU
Assistants
Goals This course provides to students the skills of reading Arabic and Ottoman calligraphy styles which become an art, and focuses on training the some chosen texts in different calligraphic styles.
Course Content Arap and Ottoman fonts
Learning Outcomes 1) To learn Arap-Ottoman writing art
2) To comprehend relationship betwen Arap-Ottoman writing
3) To learn the characteristics of Arabic-Ottoman writing styles

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week The birth and development of Ottoman script Lecture

 Homework
2. Week Sorts of Ottoman scripts; Nesih, Thuluth, Rika, Dîvânî, Ta'lîq exemples Lecture

 Homework
3. Week "Naskh; handwriting samples, the characteristics of the letters " Lecture

 Homework
4. Week Thuluth paper type, features, letters, simple examples of handwriting Lecture

 Homework
5. Week Riq'a text mode, some special forms of letters, letter recognition; short phrases of text, handwriting and reading Lecture

 Homework
6. Week To read Riq'a advanced handwriting samples Lecture

 Homework
7. Week Midterm Exam Lecture

 Homework
8. Week Examples of articles written in Ottoman Nesih, icâzet-name texts Lecture

 Homework
9. Week Handwriting samples of Thuluth and Celine Thuluth Lecture

 Homework
10. Week Sample text exercises written inr Riq'a type Lecture

 Homework
11. Week Divânî fonts and letter types Lecture

 Homework
12. Week Arabic and Ottoman Ta'lik writing examples Lecture

 Homework
13. Week Text reading Lecture

 Homework
14. Week Text reading Lecture

 Homework

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Kemal Tuzcu, Arap Yazısının Ortaya Çıkışı, Nüsha Dergisi, 2001
Nabia Abbott, The Rise of the North Arabic Script and Its Quranic Development.. The University of Chikago Press, 1938

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 5
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 3
Homework 1 3
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • ECTS credits and course workload