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The present volume contains critical editions of all five autobiographical accounts of the The sixteenth-century Ottoman architect Sinan, along with transcriptions, annotated translations, and facsimiles of the most important variant versions; an introductory essay that analyzes the various surviving manuscripts, reconstructs their histories, and establishes the relationships between them; and a preface that considers the sources, themes, and broader implications of the five autobiographies.

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Author:   Howard Crane ,  Esra Akin
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   11
Weight:   1.553kg
ISBN:  

9789004259638

ISBN 10:   9004259635
Pages:   638
Publication Date:   15 May 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface: “Sources, Themes, and Cultural Implications of Sinan’s Autobiographies” by Gülru Necipoğlu Authors’ Notes and Acknowledgments Note on Transcription Abbreviations Introduction . Synopsis of Relationships between Texts and Manuscripts Works Cited Adsız Risale, (AR) [Untitled Treatise] Risāletü'l-Miʿmāriyye, (RM) [Treatise on Architecture] Tuḥfetü'l-Miʿmārīn, (TM) [Choice Gift of the Architects] Tezkiretü’l-Ebniye (TE) [Record of Buildings] Teẕkiretü’l-Bünyān (TB) [Record of Construction] Collations of Tezkiretü’l-Ebniye Collations of Teẕkiretü’l-Bünyān Note on the Format of Appendices Appendix I: Citation Index of Buildings Listed in Tezkiretü’l-Ebniye Appendix II: Sequence of Citations in Inventories Listed in Tezkiretü’l-Ebniye Appendix III: Comparison of Prose Introduction in AR, RM, TM, and TE Facsimiles Index

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Howard Crane is Professor of Near Eastern Art and Archaeology in the Department of History of Art at the Ohio State University. Esra Akın holds a doctorate (2007) in History of Art from Ohio State University. She is the author of Mustafa Âli's Epic Deeds of Artists. A Critical Edition of the Earliest Ottoman Text about the Calligraphers and Painters of the Islamic World (Brill, 2011). Gülru Necipoğlu is the Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University.

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