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Turkman governors, Shiraz artisans and Ottoman collectors: sixteenth century Shiraz manuscripts

Turkman governors, Shiraz artisans and Ottoman collectors: sixteenth century Shiraz manuscripts
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ISBN 9754589631 (hbk.)
9789754589634 (hbk.)
Author Uluç, Lâle
Title Turkman governors, Shiraz artisans and Ottoman collectors : sixteenth century Shiraz manuscripts / [by] Lâle Uluç
Publisher Istanbul : Türkiye İş Bankası, 2006
Physical desc. 531 p. ; col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Note "This book grew out of a doctoral dissertation completed at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University in 2000" -- Acknowledgements.
Ref. to CBL manuscripts: p. 96-97; 274.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-525) and index
Contents Introduction. -- Shiraz in history and legend: pre-Safavid Shiraz; Shiraz in Persian myth and legend; Safavid Shiraz; Economic history; The end of Zu'lqadir rule. -- Safavid court manuscripts: the early Safavid period: Tabriz; the pre-Safavid period: Shiraz; The Shah Tahmasp period: Tabriz. -- Shiraz manuscripts (1503-1565): Ruzbihan muzahhib (1503-1520); the asitana of Maulana Husam al-Din Ibrahim (1514-1528); The post-1520 Shiraz style; Qasim b. 'Ali (1522-1526); the Topkapi Shahnama of 1522; the dispersed Sackler painting; the scribe Murshid (1520-1552); the new Tabriz influence of the 1530s; Mahmud muzahhib (1530s); Husain muzahhib; the Sackler Khamsa of 1509-28; Ottoman janissary figures; Ruzbihan muzahhib and two c. 1530 Shahnamas. -- A new illustrated text: the Majalis al-'Ushshaq (1550-1600). -- Shiraz manuscripts (1565-1580): the Zafarnama of Yazdi of 1565; four exemplary manuscripts; the impact of Ibrahim Mirza's Haft aurang of Jami; bathhouse (hamam) scenes; a popular frontispiece: Solomon and Bilqis enthroned; representations of Sa'di's tomb in copies of his works. -- Shiraz manuscripts (1580-1590): four dated manuscripts; three largest manuscripts; three luxurious Jami manuscripts; Muhammad b. Taj al-Din Haidar muzahhib Shirazi; 'Abd al-Qadir al-Husaini; links to earlier Shiraz manuscripts; links to Qasim's innovations; links to Safavid court manuscripts; links to Safavid court environment; complex multi-unit buildings; representations of urban life; architectural representations as documents. -- Shiraz manuscripts (1590-1603): the early seventeenth century. -- Patrons: change of gubernatorial power in Shiraz. -- Ottoman and Safavid book collectors: Ottoman collectors; Shiraz manuscripts for Safavid court circles; Safavid collectors; books as gifts; Shiraz manuscripts for Ottoman collectors. -- Conclusion.
Person as subject Firdawsi -- Shahnamah -- Illustrations
Subject Shahnama
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Iran -- Shīrāz
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Safavid -- Iran -- Shiraz
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Islamic -- Iran -- Shīrāz
Miniature painting, Iranian -- Iran -- Shīrāz
Painting, Iranian -- Iran -- Shīrāz
Bookbinding -- Iran -- Shīrāz
Collectors and collecting -- Turkey -- History
Shiraz (Iran) -- History
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