The Garden of the Mosques: Hafiz Hüseyin al-Ayvansarayî's Guide to the Muslim Monuments of Ottoman Istanbul...

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Howard Crane

The Garden of the Mosques

Hafiz Hüseyin al-Ayvansarayî's Guide to the Muslim Monuments of Ottoman Istanbul

Howard Crane

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Brill
23 December 1999

Memorials, monuments

Series: Muqarnas, Supplements

This is an annotated translation of what is perhaps the most important Ottoman literary source for the Islamic monuments of the Ottoman capital, Istanbul: Hafız Hüseyin bin Ismail Ayvansarayî's Hadikat al-Cevami (The Garden of Mosques). Long recognized by Turkish scholars as a unique source for the city's architecture and urban form, the text, which was completed in 1195/1780 and revised and enlarged between 1248/1832-33 and 1253/1838 by Ali Sati, contains separate descriptions of each of Istanbul's more than 800 mosques, plus accounts of its medreses, tombs, tekkes and other monuments.

The annotations place each of these buildings within the city's urban plan and provide biographical information about the patrons, architects and other personalities mentioned in the text. An introductory essay gives an account of Ayvansarayî's life and works, describes the various manuscript versions of the text and reviews the cartographic resources available for the study of Istanbul's urban form.

Edited by: Howard Crane
Imprint: Brill
Edition: annotated edition
Volume: 8
Dimensions: Height: 270mm, Width: 210mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 1.558kg
ISBN: 9789004259607
ISBN 10: 9004259600
Series: Muqarnas, Supplements
Pages: 650
Publication Date: 23 December 1999
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Abbreviations Note on Translation and Transcription Introduction VOLUME ONE Ali Satı's Preface: The Garden of Mosques Ayvansarayî's Introduction: The Garden of Mosques The Imperial Mosques Account of the Other Mosques of Istanbul The Mosques Outside the Walls of Istanbul and Along the Upper Reaches of the Golden Horn VOLUME TWO The Mosques of Kasımpaşa, Galata and the European Shore of the Lower Bosphorus The Mosques of the Upper Bosphorus The Mosques of Üsküdar and Its Environs Glossary Works Cited Index of Mosques, Medreses, Tekkes, Tombs and Other Monuments Index of Personal Names, Titles and Terms

Howard Crane is Professor Emeritus of Islamic art and Near Eastern Archaeology in the Department of History of Art at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, with particular interest in Islamic architecture, and archaeology and textual sources for Islamic art. He has worked in Turkey, Iraq, Afghanistan, India and western China.

Reviews for The Garden of the Mosques: Hafiz Hüseyin al-Ayvansarayî's Guide to the Muslim Monuments of Ottoman Istanbul

' makes one of the most important sources of documentation on Ottoman architecture available to a wider audience for the first time. Encyclopedic in its scope and approach. ' Shirine Hamadeh, Journal of Soc. Architect.Historians , 2001.