Peer Perspective: The Spiritual Words of Greek Philosophy with Dr. Lale Uluç
One of the most revered manuscripts in the Aga Khan Museum Collection is the late 13th-century Manuscript of the Spiritual Words from Greek Philosophy with Sayings of the Philosophers Accompanied with their Portraits. Dr. Lale Uluç, art history professor at Boğaziçi University in İstanbul, describes the manuscript’s origins in Baghdad and significance of its main calligrapher, Yaqut al-Musta’simi. A celebrated scribe of the late Islamic times, his style was emulated by artists for centuries to come; such value was placed on his work that forgeries of his signature were not uncommon.