ANADOLU SELÇUKLU VE BU ÜSLÛBU TAŞIYAN CİLDLERDE ZENCİREK TİPOLOJİSİ DENEMESİ

Year 2003, Issue: 1, 83 - 100, 01.06.2003

Ahmet Saim Arıtan

Abstract

An Attempt of Zencirek Typology in Anatolian Seljuqids’ Bookbindings and Ones with the Same Style

Abstract

Anatolian Seljuqids, as one of the important periods of Turkish
history and civilization, have left great works in the field of bookbinding
as in other fields of art. Bookbinding Art of Anatolian Seljuqid has
begun in the 12th century and lasted to the first quarter of 14th century.
Meanwhile, it had impacts on the Mamlukids, Ilkhanids and
Qaramanids too. One of the sections on the covers of bookbinding is
zencirek (bordur).
In this article, it has been presented the typology of zencirek which
we could have found out so far. It will be definitely added new ones to
the twenty seven types of zencirek through the new researches on the
topic