Sinan's Autobiographies
Five Sixteenth-Century Texts
Introductory Notes, Critical Editions, and Translations by Howard Crane and Esra Akın. Edited with a Preface by Gülru Necipoğlu
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Biographical note
Howard Crane is Professor of Near Eastern Art and Archaeology in the Department of History of Art at the Ohio State University.
Esra Akın is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History of Art at the Ohio State University and is currently completing on her dissertation on Mustafa Ali’s Epic Deeds of Artists.
Gülru Necipoğlu is the Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University.
Esra Akın is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History of Art at the Ohio State University and is currently completing on her dissertation on Mustafa Ali’s Epic Deeds of Artists.
Gülru Necipoğlu is the Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University.
Table of contents
Preface: “Sources, Themes, and Cultural Implications of Sinan’s Autobiographies” by Gülru Necipoqlu
Authors’ Notes and Acknowledgments
Note on Transcription
Abbreviations
Introduction .
Synopsis of Relationships between Texts and Manuscripts Works Cited
Adsæz Risale (AR) [Untitled Treatise]
Ris¸letü’l-Mi{m¸riyye, (RM) [Treatise on Architecture]
Tu¥fetü’l-Mi{m¸rºn (TM) [Choice Gift of the Architects]
Tezkiretü’l-Ebniye (TE) [Record of Buildings]
Tezkiretü’l-Büny¸n (TB) [Record of Construction]
Collations of Tezkiretü’l-Ebniye
Collations of Tezkiretü’l-Büny¸n
Note on the Format of Appendices
Appendix I: Citation Index of Buildings Listed in Tezkiretü’l-niye
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
Authors’ Notes and Acknowledgments
Note on Transcription
Abbreviations
Introduction .
Synopsis of Relationships between Texts and Manuscripts Works Cited
Adsæz Risale (AR) [Untitled Treatise]
Ris¸letü’l-Mi{m¸riyye, (RM) [Treatise on Architecture]
Tu¥fetü’l-Mi{m¸rºn (TM) [Choice Gift of the Architects]
Tezkiretü’l-Ebniye (TE) [Record of Buildings]
Tezkiretü’l-Büny¸n (TB) [Record of Construction]
Collations of Tezkiretü’l-Ebniye
Collations of Tezkiretü’l-Büny¸n
Note on the Format of Appendices
Appendix I: Citation Index of Buildings Listed in Tezkiretü’l-niye
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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