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The first in-depth survey of illuminated manuscripts from Anatolia before the rise of the Ottoman Empire
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.
Key Features
¿ Includes the codicological examination of 15 Persian and Arabic manuscripts including the Mas_navi of Jalal al-Din Rumi (1278), the Qaramanid Qur'an (1314-15) and the Divan-i Kabir of Jalal al-Din Rumi (1368)
¿ Translates new and unpublished primary sources on the cultural history of the period, including manuscript colophons, dedications and endowment notes
¿ Includes a comprehensive catalogue of key manuscripts
¿ Fully illustrated in colour with many unpublished or hard-to-find images
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. sevcenko Prize.
List of contents
Introduction
- Illuminated manuscripts in late thirteenth-century Konya
- Early fourteenth-century manuscripts from Konya and Sivas
- Two manuscripts from south-western Rum
- Sati ibn ¿asan: A Mevlevi patron of Erzincan
Epilogue
Bibliography
Appendix: Catalogue, Transliterations and Translations
About the author
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. sevcenko Prize.
Summary
Meticulously analysing 15 beautifully decorated Arabic and Persian manuscripts, Cailah Jackson traces the development of calligraphy and illumination in late medieval Anatolia before the rise of the Ottoman Empire.
