Abstract
In this article, the musical illustrations in Hariri's Maqamat have been analyzed. The manuscript, which is the subject of the article, is the copy with inventory number Arabe 5847 in Paris Bibliothèque Nationale. When Wasiti copied Maqamat, he made the work unique with calligraphy and illustrations. Because of that the term Wasiti Maqamat is also used. This manuscript consists of 167 leaves (8 front and 8 back cover pages) excluding blank pages. The language of the book is Arabic and consists of fifty short stories. In the style of maqame, which is a literary genre; There are a total of 99 visuals/miniatures drawn by Wasiti in the work, which was written in prose, in prose (rhyme in prose), and in verse. Among these 99 visuals, 4 illustrations with visible instruments and a musical activity were determined. The leaf numbers of the images are given as they are in the French National Library database. Titles were given to these determined visuals, taking into account the order of the maqame and the locations of the story. Since the crowd is usually depicted on a stage in the images, it is appropriate to use the word assembly instead of maqame. The musical visuals are as follows, respectively: Berkaid (7th Assembly), Damascus (12th Assembly), Kat'iyye (24th Assembly) and Remle (31st Assembly). Each image is analyzed by observing the original copy and making use of three separate works, Makamat or Rhetorical Anecdotes of al-Hariri of Basri (1850), The Assemblies of Harîrî (1867) and Assemblies of al Harîri (1897), which examine Maqamat rhetorically and linguistically. has been done. The musical visuals drawn by Wasiti and the texts in Maqamat were compared. In this way, it is aimed to get an idea about the places and for what purpose the instruments are used, as well as the instruments in the visuals. Whether there are similarities between the names of the instruments mentioned in the text of the Maqamat and the instruments in the visuals; Considering the morphological features of these instruments, they were compared with old and contemporary organology studies.