The maps are the message : Mehmet II's Patronage of an Ottoman Cluster

Auteur :
PINTO, K.

Description :
Mehmet II was interested in and demanded for European maps, without mention of his patronage of classical islamic cartographic material. The perspective is expanded in this article on Mehmet's cartographical milieu by inserting into the historical picture consideration of a recension of cartographically illustrated manuscripts (Kitab al-Masalik wa-al-Mamalik = Book of roads and kingdoms) dating from 1474 onwards and made in post-conquest Ottoman Constantinople. The A. sets out the circumstances under which this cluster of manuscripts may have been copied and suggests ways in which the maps can be interpreted as cultural artefacts.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Imago mundi (Online), issn : 1479-7801, 2011, vol. 63, n°. 2, p. 155-179, nombre de pages : 25

Date :
2011

Identifiants :
eurl : http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03085694.2011.568703, doi : http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03085694.2011.568703

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Abingdon, Routledge