Membership · Three tiers from the nakkaşhane

Apprentice, master, or court atelier.

Choose the rank that fits your manuscript practice. Each tier opens a deeper drawer of the imperial pigment library — mineral gold, cinnabar, Iznik cobalt — and access to the festival-book archive.

Apprentice çırak · the novice's drawer

₺ 0 / month, gratis

One folio at a time, with archival-paper preview
Six mineral pigments · cinnabar, lampblack, lapis
Two cartouche frames · standard naskh title plates
Reading room access to seven festival-book scans

Open the apprentice drawer No watermark of the seal. Folios stay yours.

Master — usta the gilded folio · favoured of the atelier

Most chosen

₺ 240 / seat, per month

Unlimited folios · bound in vermilion morocco
Twenty-four pigments · full Iznik cobalt cabinet
Gold-leaf ground panels · warmed in three weights
Tulip-and-rose border library · sümbül weave
Custom tughra monogram engraved into every plate

Take the master's seat Fourteen-day trial · cancel before the binding.

Court Atelier saray · for the imperial commission

Bespoke · quoted by the chief illuminator

Standing nakkaşhane · up to forty named hands
Reserved pigment commissions · Hereke silk weave
Procession-folio templates · festival-book grid
Dedicated chief illuminator · weekly audience hour
Archival vault · centennial paper, lampblack sealed

Request an audience Reply within two working days · in Istanbul time.