A Case Study on Šaraf Xān Bidlīsī’s Šarafnāma (1005-1314/1597-1897) [DYNTRAN WORKING PAPER 23, April 2017]
by Sacha ALSANCAKLI
The Šarafnāma is a well-known history of Kurdish dynasties and ruling houses, written in Persian in 1005-7/1596-99 by Amīr Šaraf Xān Bidlīsī (949-1009/1543-1600), leader of the Rōjikī tribe and prince of Bidlīs, southwest of Lake Van, in northern Kurdistan. It Continue reading The Role of Copyists in the Transmission of Manuscripts
The case of Kamâl al-din b. Shihâb al-Kâteb al-Yazdi* [DYNTRAN WORKING PAPER 15, August 2016]
By Sandra AUBE
Signatures of craftsmen are very limited in Medieval Iranian architecture. About twenty emerged from Qarâ Qoyunlu (782-873/1380-1468) and Âq Qoyunlu (780-914/1378-1508) architecture; most of them are related to calligraphers (see Continue reading A Family of Calligraphers in Turkmen Architecture
Nouvelle source concernant les biographies de calligraphes de l’Inde musulmane. Le Ms n° 2432 de Rampur. [DYNTRAN WORKING PAPER 13, June 2016]
par Francis RICHARD
Dans l’ensemble du monde iranien, il est très important pour les calligraphes de se rattacher à des lignées à l’origine desquelles se trouve un maître reconnu. L’apprentissage de l’art de la belle écriture (ḫatt-i ḫuš ou ḫušnivīsī) se fait auprès d’un calligraphe qui en Continue reading De maître à élève
Les colophons d’un traité de médecine copié pendant une navigation sur l’Indus [DYNTRAN WORKING PAPER 10, March 2016]
by Francis RICHARD (Mapping by Emmanuel GIRAUDET)
La copie très soignée du traité Khulāṣat al-tajārib qui est aujourd’hui cotée Supplément persan 1156 [SP 1156] à la Bibliothèque nationale de France [BnF] fut acquise par la B.N. le 21 juin 1893 en même temps qu’une vingtaine d’autres manuscrits persans de sciences et Continue reading Émigrés persans dans l’Empire moghol
Calligrapher Families of Tabriz (8th/14th–10th/16th centuries) [DYNTRAN WORKING PAPER 9, February 2016]
by Daniel ZAKRZEWSKI
Calligraphers enjoyed enormous prestige in the medieval and early modern Middle East. In Iran and adjacent lands where Persian flourished artistic traditions of writing the language matured between the 8th/14th and 10th/16th centuries Continue reading Calligrapher Families of Tabriz
