Islamic Manuscripts of Late Medieval Rum, 1270s-1370s : : Production, Patronage and the Arts of the Book / / Cailah Jackson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Jackson, Cailah,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art : ESIA
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 150 colour illustrations

The first in-depth survey of illuminated manuscripts from Anatolia before the rise of the Ottoman EmpireWinner of the 2021 Dionisius A. Agius Prize for a distinguished first book in the field of Medieval Mediterranean Studies from the Society of the Medieval MediterraneanMeticulously analyses 15 Persian and Arabic manuscripts including the Mas̲navī of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1278), the Qaramanid Qur’an (1314-15) and the Dīvān-i Kabīr of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1368)Translates new and unpublished primary sources on the cultural history of the period, including manuscript colophons, dedications and endowment notesIncludes a comprehensive catalogue of key manuscriptsFully illustrated in colour with many unpublished or hard-to-find imagesBetween the Mongol invasions in the mid-13th century and the rise of the Ottomans in the late 14th century, the Lands of Rūm were marked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."

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Series Editor’s Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Abbreviations -- Map 1 Anatolia, c. 1275 -- Map 2 Anatolia, c. 1330 -- Map 3 Anatolia, c. 1370 -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE Illuminated Manuscripts in Late Thirteenth-century Konya -- CHAPTER TWO Early Fourteenth-century Manuscripts from Konya and Sivas -- CHAPTER THREE Two Manuscripts from South‑western Rūm -- CHAPTER FOUR Sātī ibn Ḥasan: A Mevlevi Patron of Erzincan -- Epilogue -- APPENDIX Catalogue, Transliterations and Translations -- Bibliography -- Illustration Acknowledgements -- Index