AN EVALUATION ON SAFAVİ BOOKBİNDİNGS İN SOME OF THE QUR’AN-I KERİM MANUSCRİPT SAMPLES
BAZI KUR'AN-I KERİM NÜSHALARI ÖRNEĞİNDE SAFEVİ CİLT SANATI ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

Author : Gül GÜNEY
Number of pages : 192-208

Abstract

Safavid empire, which is an important place in Islamic art, is represented by artistic works of art. The Safeavid rulers played an important role in the protection and development of artistic activities. Especially the importance they give to book arts has led to the production of manuscripts in many subjects. These works were produced in art centers such as Tabriz, Herat, Shiraz, Isfahan. From these centers, Shiraz has been one of the important places where the production of miniature and illuminated manuscripts had been done on many subjects such as history, science, literature, religion. The Qur'an which is the sacred book of the Islamic world have also been important during the Safavid period, and rare, specific Qur'anic copies have been produced in terms of binding, calligraphy, and page illumination. Some of these Qur'an manuscripts are now located in some of the libraries in our country at Turkiye. The subject matter of the Qur'an manuscripts is located in the Süleymaniye Library, the Sultan Ahmed I collection. These copies displaying Safavid styles will be evaluated in terms of illumination. It is also argued over which schools are illuminated.

Keywords

Qur’ans, İllumination, bookbindings, Safevi, Siraz

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