Surname-i Vehbi
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| Surname-i Vehbi |
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| Seyyid Vehbi , 1720 |
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Illumination on paper, 22.1 cm × 17.5 cm |
| Topkapı Palace Museum , Inv. 3594 / f.57b-58; Istanbul |
The Surname-i Vehbi ( Ottoman سورنامه وهبی İA Sūr-nāme-i Vehbī ; Turkish Vehbi Nameni 'Festival Book of Vehbi' ) is an illuminated manuscript from the library of the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul . It was created by Abdülcelil Çelebi, called Levnî, the Magnificent, and the court poet (şehnameci) Seyyid Vehbi . The splendidly illuminated work with 137 miniatures on double pages describes the celebrations on the occasion of the circumcision of the four sons of Ahmed III. It is the last illustrated manuscript that was commissioned for the stately treasury of the Ottomans.
Generic term
The term Sūr-nāme describes a genre of prize songs founded by Mehmed I on the occasion of official celebrations at the Sultan's court. They were written until the 19th century. Known more sūr-nāme are the Surname-i Humayun of Nakkaş Osman and Nabis Veḳā'i'-i Hitan-ı visual Zadegan-ı Hazrat-i Sultan Muhammad Gazi , an occasion of the circumcision of Prince Mustafa and Ahmed authored nāme sūr- . Other important authors were 'Abdî, Hazîn and Haşmet. A total of 19 sur-nams have been preserved.
Emergence
In 1720, Sultan Ahmed III ordered. in honor of the circumcision of his four sons a feast lasting 50 days. Such celebrations were custom at the Ottoman court and underlined the role of the sultan as landlord and divinely appointed sovereign of the Ottoman social order through public meals, the donation of new clothes and other gifts of honor, alms and debt relief . It was also tradition to record the memory of such festivals in artistically designed price songs. The manuscript adorned with Levnî's miniatures is kept in the library of the Topkapı Palace Museum in Istanbul (TSMK, III. Ahmed, inv. No. 3593).
Miniatures
The 137 miniatures are each arranged on a double page. Various festive banquets, shows such as bear fights (fol. 57b), military parades and parades of the craftsmen's guilds, the exchange of gifts and fireworks are shown in chronological order. On the one hand, the representation is realistic, on the other hand, the people in particular are depicted in stereotypical positions that represent their social role, true to the Ottoman miniature style. In contrast to Surname-i Hümayun, who is 200 years older, the sultan is depicted in the midst of other people at the same level, his rank is only emphasized by his own seat and his clothes. In Surname-i Hümayun the sultan and his family are in a box above the people.
Surname-i Vehbi f. 51b
Mehterhâne , Surname-i Vehbi f. 171a, 172b (left)
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Hatice Aynur: Ottoman literature . In: Suraiya N. Faroqhi (Ed.): The Cambridge History of Turkey . tape 3 . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2006, ISBN 978-0-521-62095-6 , pp. 481-520 .
- ↑ Tim Stanley: Ottoman gift exchange: Royal give and take. In: Linda Komaroff. Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts (Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art) . Yale Univ Press, New Haven, CT 2011, ISBN 978-0-300-17110-5 , pp. 149-170 .