“CEMETERY ÇİNGENE FIRINI MOSQUE ÜSKÜDAR IN THE TOMBSTONES ON AN ASSESSMENT”
Journal Title: The Journal of International Social Research - Year 2016, Vol 9, Issue 44
Abstract
In this study 26 graves, belonging to the Ottoman period and taking place in Çingene Fırını Mosque Cemetery, were documented and evaluated in terms of art history. These samples were photographed, their inscriptions being figured out and forms, decorative features, and stone types of graves were tried to be determined in the Turkish tombstone art. Each grave stone in the study was handled separately a general assessment on these stones was made. One of the stones dated to the end of XVI.century, while the remaining twenty five are dated to XVIII. and XIX. centuries. Ottoman tombstones are aesthetic, and they give important information about occupations, titles, family relations and beliefs. The tombstones of the cemetery were observed to be simple examples continueing the tradition of making the tombstones socially, economically and culturally.
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Sahure YARİŞ
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- DOI 10.17719/jisr.20164420145
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