Muhittin Serin
Muhittin Serin is a Turkish hattat and professor.
Early life
Muhittin Serin was born on 3 August 1945 in the Dimorta-Üzümören District of Tokat.Education
He graduated from the Islam Institute in 1970. He earned his doctorate from the Marmara University in 1983 in the field of Turkish-Islamic Arts.Career
In 1983 he became an assistant professor at the Marmara University and associate professor in 1992. Then he served as a professor from 1998 till the beginning of 2012. Since October of 2012 he has been working at the 29 Mayıs University.Between 1983 and 2016 he wrote 50 articles for the İslâm Ansiklopedisi. He wrote on for museum exhibitions on the topic of Islamic calligraphy including at the Indiana University Fine Arts Museum, and presented a paper for a calligraphy festival organised by the Iran Ministry of Culture and Contemporary Arts Museum.
Professionally he is known as a calligrapher and a professor.
Books and publications in Turkish Language
• Hat Sanatımız. “The art of islamic calligraphy”
• Hat Sanatı ve Meşhur Hattatlar, “The art of islamic calligraphy and famous calligraphers”
• Hat Sanatı Târihi / Ekoller ve takipçileri 2 volumes. “ The history of the art of islamic calligraphy”
• Calligrapher Aziz Efendi ;
• Calligrapher Şeyh Hamdullah ;
• Calligrapher Kemal Batanay ;
• Calligrapher Sâmi Efendi: Celî Ta‘lîk, Târih Manzûmesi ;
• Calligrapher Ahmed Şemseddin Karahisarî: Mushaf-ı Şerîf’i ;
• Kıbletü’l-Küttâb Şeyh Hamdullah: Mushaf-ı Şerîf ;
• Calligrapher Şekerzâde Seyyid Mehmed Efendi: Mushaf-ı Şerîf ;
• Calligrapher Şevki Efendi Sülüs: Nesih Meşk Murakkaı
• Calligrapher Kazasker Mustafa İzzet Efendi: Sülüs Nesih Meşk Murakkaı ;
• Calligrapher Hulûsî Efendi :Ta’lîk Meşk Murakkaı ;
• Calligrapher Halim Efendi : Dîvânî, Celî Dîvânî, Rik’a Meşk Murakkaı, Meşk Mecmuası.