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

Between 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 -- Meticulously 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). Introduction -- Illuminated Manuscripts In Late Thirteenth-century Konya -- Early Fourteenth-century Manuscripts From Konya And Sivas -- Two Manuscripts From South-western Rūm -- Sātī Ibn Ḥasan: A Mevlevi Patron Of Erzincan -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Catalogue, Transliterations And Translations. Cailah Jackson. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 266-289) And Index.