Rumi

A Life in Pictures

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Av John Renard, Saint Louis University) Renard, John (Professor of Theological Studies

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Picturing the life story of Jalal ad-Din Rumi, a premier Muslim mystic and the original Whirling Dervish, the images in three extant manuscripts of Aflaki’s Wondrous Feats of the Knowers of God provide a unique way to interpret the text. Part One: History and Context provides the medieval Anatolian historical setting; the broad contours of literary and artistic works of Islamic Hagiography; and the specific details of the three manuscripts to be explored. Part Two: Text and Image proposes a method for interpreting a hybrid literary-visual document as a grand narrative of the Family Rumi at the inspirational and ethical core of a virtuous community: flourishing within a complex Muslim society under divine providence. Pictures in the three manuscripts were produced by studios of painters under the patronage of major late 16th-century Ottoman sultans. The result of their efforts is a kind of ‘visualised hagiography’ uniquely capable of suggesting distinctive and often surprising twists on the narratives, enhancing the text with images of striking beauty and rich detail.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-11-01
Mått172 x 244 x 24 mm
Vikt838 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEdinburgh Studies in Islamic Art
Antal sidor296
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781474475006

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John Renard received a PhD in Islamic Religious Studies, Harvard Univ. 1978, focusing on medieval Arabic and Persian religious texts, the history of Sufism, and Islamic art. He has taught since then in Saint Louis University’s department of Theological Studies. Publications thematically related to this volume include: Crossing Confessional Boundaries: Exemplary Lives in Jewish, Christian and Islamic Traditions (California 2020); Friends of God: Islamic Images of Piety, Commitment and Servanthood (California 2008); and All the Kings Falcons: Rumi on Prophets and Revelation (SUNY 1994).

PrefaceList of IllustrationsPart I: History and Context1. Rumi, Sufism, and the Sultans in the Medieval 'Lands of Rum'2. Islamic Hagiography: Literary and Visual3. Visualised Hagiography: Manuscript and MethodAppendix: Comparative Table of Images in Relation to Aflaki Story-OrderPart II: Text and Image4. A Virtuous Community5. In a Muslim Society6. Under Divine Providence7. Conclusion: Little Images in the Big PictureEpilogue: Meanwhile, Over in Agra…Abbreviations to NotesWorks Consulted

His detailed analyses bring to life the narratives and goals of this work and the world of Rumi, his wives, children, and grandchildren. The book will be invaluable for those interested in literary and artistic portrayals of Rumi and for the light it sheds on the Seljuk context, the birth of Mevlevi Sufism, and Ottoman artistry, especially its analysis of the 16th-century, Persian-style illuminations. [...] Recommended.