Surname-i Vehbi. Surname: Sultan Ahmed'in Dugun Kitabi. Surname: An Illustrated Account of Sultan Ahmed III's Festival of 1720. [3 VOLUMES SET].
by VEHBİ (Text) & LEVNİ (Miniature) / Prep. by Ahmet Ertuğ, Doğan Kuban, Stefanos Yerasimos, Mertol Tulum
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Istanbul: Ertuğ & Kocabıyık Publications, 2000. New. Hardcover. Cloth bdg. Hand-bound by experienced craftsmen in Switzerland. 24x38 cm. In Ottoman Turkish (facsimile), Turkish (transcription) and English. (3 volumes set): 352 p. (facsimile); 308, [2] p. (Turkish transcription); 51, [2] p. (English). Colour ills. First edition. Limited edition. This is a limited edition of 1500 copies handbound in distinctive Japanese cloth embossed with patterns selected from imperial Ottoman textiles and printed on acid free paper. This volume is number 1362. In publisher's special slip case.
A miniature-illustrated manuscript of an 18th Century Festival in Ottoman Istanbul The original of this outstanding work, which is in the library of the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, contains 137 brilliantly-colored miniatures by Levni, the renowned painter of the court of Ahmed III (1703-1740). The miniatures illustrate a fifteen-day festival held on the occasion of the circumcision of four of the Sultan's sons in 1720. Surname-i Vehbi follows in the longstanding Ottoman tradition of preparing specially written and illustrated books to commemorate festivities that took place on special occasions, such as royal births, weddings, and the like. These celebrations were marked by activities that included parades, musical performances, circus acts and fireworks displays, all of which were brilliantly captured and executed by Levni in his miniatures. With one exception, the miniatures in this striking volume cover two pages. The text for the book was composed by Vehbi, a famed court poet, and appears in full in this facsimile edition.
A transcription of the original Ottoman text by Dr. Mertol Tulum and a translation into English by Robert Bragner are provided in a separate volume.Introduction essays by two Turkish scholars; Dr. Kuban and Dr. Yerasimos provide the reader a deeper understanding of the Ottoman society.
For the facsimile edition, a specially produced paper was used to duplicate the appearance and texture of the original volume. State-of-the-art reproduction and printing techniques were employed to ensure that this facsimile edition is a faithful copy of this distinguished work. Hand-bound by experienced craftsmen, this is a limited edition of only 1,500 copies.
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- Surname-i Vehbi. Surname: Sultan Ahmed'in Dugun Kitabi. Surname: An Illustrated Account of Sultan Ahmed III's Festival of 1720. [3 VOLUMES SET].
- Author
- VEHBİ (Text) & LEVNİ (Miniature) / Prep. by Ahmet Ertuğ, Doğan Kuban, Stefanos Yerasimos, Mertol Tulum
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ertuğ & Kocabıyık Publications
- Place of Publication
- Istanbul
- Date Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 352 p.; 308, [2] p.; 51, [2] p.
- Size
- 24x38 cm.
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- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Ahmed III, Sultan of the Turks, 1673-1736 Asie Mineure Mœurs et coutumes Ouvrages illustrés Enluminure turque Festivals Festivals Turkey Pictorial works Festivals in art Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish Istanbul Topkapi-Museum Bibliothek
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- Ottoman Empire; Cultural History; Turkish Literature; Turkish and Islamic Art;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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