Comments on: Eski Cami (Old Mosque)

By: Nathan H

Nathan H — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:18:17 +0000

Thanks for the word apotropaic, as well as these lovely photos. I have some sort of half-formed thought about synesthesia. The mosque is likely to be fairly quiet, but the calligraphy is kind of (visually) loud in a way, like a superhuman voice speaking. It doesn’t “speak to me” as I can’t read it, but I wonder about how a reader of Arabic would experience it. Is it original to the mosque, or was it done in a later century?

By: JJS

JJS — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:00:43 +0000

These are stunning photographs, thank you. I’ve spent a fair bit of time in mosques in Istanbul, and you’ve perfectly captured the way I experienced the spiritual geometries of the architecture as much as of the calligraphy – I love these!

By: Dick

Dick — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:54:22 +0000

Fabulous!

By: dorothee

dorothee — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:28:36 +0000

yes, amazing. the signs made me think of both the Taj Mahal, and the OM-sign in buddhist regions, which seems to come with a same curved mood like “wahid”.

the black and white surely adds to the sense of timeless majety – i got curious, though, and photo googled the mosque, to see it in colour.

on a sidenote: verbal privilege is a great blog. thanks for sharing all those places and moments.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:32:53 +0000

Marvellous. Glad they’re black and white. (I think…!)

By: eski cami at qarrtsiluni « verbal privilege

eski cami at qarrtsiluni « verbal privilege — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:55:28 +0000

[...] cami at qarrtsiluni Jump to Comments The good people at qarrtsiluni have published a series of photographs I took this summer (of calligraphic inscriptions on the walls of the Eski Cami in Edirne) in their [...]

By: Peg Duthie

Peg Duthie — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:44:02 +0000

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing these.