{"product_id":"monuments-patrons-contexts-papers-on-ottoman-europe-presented-to-machiel-kiel-9789062583263","title":"Monuments, Patrons, Contexts: Papers on Ottoman","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume Monuments, patrons, contexts presents the proceedings        of a symposium held on June 27, 2008, at the Netherlands Institute in        Turkey in honour of the historian Machiel Kiel. Best known for his often        pioneering work on the Ottoman Balkans, the scope of the contributions        by friends and colleagues is as wide as the honouree’s lifework: Heath        Lowry discovers a hitherto unknown sultanic mosque from around 1400 in        the course of his fieldwork in Greece. Grigor Boykov finds already        vanished monuments on the basis of textual sources. Mariya Kiprovska,        similarly looking at monuments, brings to light a curious case of what        appears to be a “gazi-turned-saint”. Aziz Nazmi Shakir-Tash        ventures through the Ottoman Rhodopes, an old stonecutter’s notebook in        hand, and wonders about the earliest Ottoman monuments there. Suraiya        Faroqhi accompanies the 17th-century scholar Abdurrahman Hibri on the        hajj from his native Edirne and reviews his observations on architecture        and politics. Hedda Reindl-Kiel turns our attention to the 18th-century        reconstruction of Muslim infrastructure after the Venetian conquest of        the Morea on one hand, to the patronage of a palace eunuch on the other.        The topic of infrastructure, now from a Bulgarian perspective, is also        addressed by Stephen Lewis. İlknur Kolay looks at building materials and        discerns a change in terminology in the 17th century. Kemal Kutgün        Eyüpgiller covers new ground with a study on 18th century military        architecture along the Bosporus. Maximilian Hartmuth and Zeynep Ahunbay        deal with the restoration and preservation of Ottoman monuments in        Bosnia, with one writing about the 1890s, the other about the        reconstruction of a historic mosque lost in the 1990s war. The research        articles are followed by the thus far most complete bibliography of        Kiel’s work.","brand":"Peeters Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49546400629079,"sku":"9789062583263","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/monuments-patrons-contexts-papers-on-ottoman-europe-presented-to-machiel-kiel-9789062583263","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}