Author : Jackson Cailah Jackson
Release : 2020-09-04
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 500/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Islamic Manuscripts of Late Medieval Rum, 1270s-1370s by : Jackson Cailah Jackson
Download or read book Islamic Manuscripts of Late Medieval Rum, 1270s-1370s written by Jackson Cailah Jackson. This book was released on 2020-09-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the Mongol invasions in the mid-13th century and the rise of the Ottomans in the late 14th century, the Lands of Rum 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.