Investigation of Hattat Mehmed Şakir's En'am-ı Şerif with inventory number 101-0183 in the Sakıp Sabancı Museum in terms of its content and Turkish book arts

The revelation of the Quran and the process of its transformation into a book are of great importance for the development of the Islamic book and book art. The fact that writing has achieved an artistic dimension has led to the development of other arts around it, because they decorate and preserve the writing. Calligraphy, illumination, marbling and bookbinding are the most important examples. Many copies of manuscripts made in this way have the value of works of art. As part of the value and respect given to the holy book, selected verses and suras were written down in different ways both in a single copy and in prayer books, resulting in the creation of manuscripts such as Delâ'il-i Ḫayrat, Evrad-ı Şerif, and En'am-ı Şerif. Most of the works that have not yet been brought to light and researched are waiting to be studied in the display cases and shelves of the aforementioned areas. In this study, the En'am-ı Şerif, inventory number 101-0183, belonging to calligrapher Mehmed Şakir and located in Sakıp Sabancı Museum Book Arts and Calligraphy Collection, is examined in terms of artistic manuscripts and their contents. The calligrapher of the work, its time, similarities and differences with similar manuscripts, typefaces, motifs and elements used in ornaments are discussed. By examining the contents of the En'am surah, an attempt is made to determine the possible reasons why these prayer journals are written so much.