Islamic Manuscripts of Late Medieval Rum, 1270s-1370s

Production, Patronage and the Arts of the Book

AvCailah Jackson

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Between the Mongol invasions in the mid-13th century and the rise of the Ottomans in the late 14th century, the Lands of Rūm were marked by instability and conflict. Despite this, a rich body of illuminated manuscripts from the period survives, explored here in this extensively illustrated volume. Meticulously analysing 15 beautifully decorated Arabic and Persian manuscripts, including Qur’ans, mirrors-for-princes, historical chronicles and Sufi works, Cailah Jackson traces the development of calligraphy and illumination in late medieval Anatolia. She shows that the central Anatolian city of Konya, in particular, was a dynamic centre of artistic activity and that local Turcoman princes, Seljuk bureaucrats and Mevlevi dervishes all played important roles in manuscript production and patronage.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-09-23
Mått:172 x 244 x 29 mm
Vikt:1 010 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781474451482
Utmärkelser:Winner of Society for the Medieval Mediterranean: Dionisius A. Agius Prize 2021

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Cailah Jackson is the Salem and Bakr bin Ladin Junior Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. She is the recipient of several awards including the 2018 BRISMES Leigh Douglas Memorial Dissertation Prize and the 2017 HIAA Margaret B. Ševčenko Prize.

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A careful examination of fifteen illuminated manuscripts that elucidates the social, intellectual and economic networks in Konya and environs from the late thirteenth to late fourteenth century and expands our knowledge of books to other types of texts, non-courtly patrons, and new centers of production including madrasas, zawiyas and shrines.

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IntroductionIlluminated manuscripts in late thirteenth-century KonyaEarly fourteenth-century manuscripts from Konya and SivasTwo manuscripts from south-western RūmSātī ibn Ḥasan: A Mevlevi patron of ErzincanEpilogueBibliographyAppendix: Catalogue, Transliterations and Translations