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Calligraphy and Inscriptions at the Frontiers of the Islamic World, international workshop, 22-23 January 2025

As part of the CallFront project, a two-day workshop dedicated to epigraphic practices on the frontiers of the Islamic world was organized at INHA by Maxime Durocher (Sorbonne), Saarthak Singh (École française d’Extrême-Orient, Paris) and Vincent Thérouin (Sorbonne). The event was structured in two parts: a roundtable exploring writing and engraving techniques, followed by a conference bringing together an interdisciplinary panel of archaeologists, historians, and art historians. The conference focused on epigraphic practices across different geographic areas, including the Indo-Persian world, Anatolia, the Balkans, the Black Sea shores and the Iberian Peninsula[1].

Writing, Inscribing, Carving – From Calligraphy to Epigraphy (January 22nd)

Fig. 1: Introduction to the panel discussion by Maxime Durocher © Camille Grandpierre
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Canonical calligraphy on the Ottoman frontier: Preliminary considerations on thuluth inscriptions from the Balkans

During the month of June 2023, I had the opportunity to conduct field work in Greece and Türkiye thanks to a grant from the École française d’Athènes. Starting in Athens, I travelled to Istanbul via Northern Greece and Turkish Thrace. On the way, the aim was to stop at sites where dedicatory inscriptions dating from the early Ottoman period were possibly still visible and accessible, such as in Thessaloniki, Komotini and Edirne.

Fig. 1. Distribution by country of TEI-referenced inscriptions from the Balkans and Anatolia dated between the 14th and 16th centuries (GIS & CAD : V. Thérouin)

Early Ottoman inscriptions in the Balkans have been known for a long time as documentary sources. Indeed, dedicatory inscriptions affixed to monuments contain valuable information about individuals, including the founder (e.g. name, gender and title reflecting a position in the Ottoman social hierarchy), the function of the building, and a date. The inscriptions were therefore deciphered, edited and studied since the early 20th century. The Thésaurus d’Épigraphie Islamique (or TEI, supported by the Max van Berchem Foundation and the University of Liège) is a remarkable tool for a first approach to this material.

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[Communication] – 13 décembre 2023 : Séminaire Les Liens qui font les Humanités numériques

L’équipe CALLFRONT interviendra dans le cadre du séminaire Les liens qui font les humanités numériques le mercredi 13 décembre 2023 de 10h à 12h30 à l’ENS-PSL, Salle Berthier, U207, 29 rue d’Ulm, Paris).


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