Architecture of Bibliophilia

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Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Libraries

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Libraries were a new building type in Ottoman architecture at the beginning of the eighteenth century. However, they quickly gained a considerable place among the endowments of Ottoman elite. This book explores the architectural, social and cultural dynamics that shaped the Ottoman library movement in Istanbul during the eighteenth century. It shows how the plans, decorative elements, book collections, staff and patrons of these libraries embodied the remarkable transformations of Ottoman society – notably the swelling of bureaucratic ranks, rising demand for historical and literary works, and a culture of celebrating novelty.The book uses public libraries as a lens to examine these transformations, demonstrating how libraries both reflected and shaped the aesthetic, intellectual and cultural pursuits of the Ottoman reading public. Offering the first comprehensive history of the Ottoman library movement, it reveals the dynamism of Ottoman architecture in this post-classical period.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-07-31
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEdinburgh Studies on the Ottoman Empire
Antal sidor384
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781399553858

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Yavuz Sezer received his Ph.D. at the History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture and Art Group at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in 2016. From 2013 until 2021, he taught urban, cultural, and architectural history at the Faculty of Architecture, Bilgi University and inspired thousands of students. Sezer’s interests spanned a broad range of subjects, primarily architectural, intellectual, and urban history and history of the book. His untimely passing on March 24, 2021, was a huge loss for his family, friends, colleagues, and students as well as for the field of Ottoman history. The present work is a revised and expanded version of his Ph.D. dissertation completed in 2016.

List of FiguresEditors' AcknowledgementsAuthors' AcknowledgementsNote on TransliterationPrologue by Kristel SmentekIntroduction 1. The Emergence of the Library as a Building Type Where ‘Knowledge asCapital Found Currency’2. Libraries in Mansions and Palaces: Disengagement from Treasuries3. Pilgrimage to the Library: The Bayt al-Maʿmûr/Kaaba Analogy in Ottoman LibrariesExcursus: Repositories of Polymath Erudition4. Architectural Quests during the Height of the Age of Libraries5. Perceptivity of Mind, Illumination of Eyes and Other Rewards of LibrariesConclusionEpilogue by Çiğdem KafescioğluAppendix: Map of Libraries Built in Istanbul between the 1670s and 1850BibliographyIndex

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