The Architecture of Bibliophilia
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
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Libraries were a new building type in Ottoman architecture at the beginning of the eighteenth century. However, they quickly gained a considerable place among the endowments of Ottoman elite. This book explores the architectural, social and cultural dynamics that shaped the Ottoman library movement in Istanbul during the eighteenth century. It shows how the plans, decorative elements, book collections, staff and patrons of these libraries embodied the remarkable transformations of Ottoman society – notably the swelling of bureaucratic ranks, rising demand for historical and literary works, and a culture of celebrating novelty.
The book uses public libraries as a lens to examine these transformations, demonstrating how libraries both reflected and shaped the aesthetic, intellectual and cultural pursuits of the Ottoman reading public. Offering the first comprehensive history of the Ottoman library movement, it reveals the dynamism of Ottoman architecture in this post-classical period.
Yavuz Sezer received his Ph.D. at the History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture and Art Group at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in 2016. From 2013 until 2021, he taught urban, cultural, and architectural history at the Faculty of Architecture, Bilgi University and inspired thousands of students. Sezer’s interests spanned a broad range of subjects, primarily architectural, intellectual, and urban history and history of the book. His untimely passing on March 24, 2021, was a huge loss for his family, friends, colleagues, and students as well as for the field of Ottoman history. The present work is a revised and expanded version of his Ph.D. dissertation completed in 2016.
Acknowledgements
Note on Transliteration
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Prologue by Kristel Smentek
Introduction
1. The Emergence of the Library as a Building Type Where ‘Knowledge as
Capital Found Currency’
- Libraries Born within Madrasa Architecture
- Innovative Statesmen of the ‘Tulip Period’
- Public Libraries Styled as Public Kiosks
- The Charity to Emulate: The ʿÂtıf Efendi Library
2. Libraries in Mansions and Palaces: Disengagement from Treasuries
- Library Wings of Mansions
- A Testimony to the Advances in Learning: Admiral Mustafa Pasha’s ʿİlmâbâd
- A Practice Ground for Young Intellectuals: Private Librarianship
- Books in the Sultanic Palace
- A ‘Belated’ Building: The Ahmed III Library
- New Libraries for Palace Servants
3. Pilgrimage to the Library: The Bayt al-Maʿmûr/Kaaba Analogy in Ottoman Libraries
- The Bayt al-Maʿmûr in Ottoman Sources
- The Invention of a Study Pilgrimage
- Facing the Temple’s Likeness
Excursus: Repositories of Polymath Erudition
4. Architectural Quests during the Height of the Age of Libraries
- The Fâtih Library and the Aedicule Form in Ottoman Library Design
- The Fâtih Library’s Probable Architect: Mehterzâde ʿAlî Efendi
- Successors to the Fâtih Formula
- An Occidentalist Pavilion: Imported Plans and the Nuruosmaniye Library
- The Ottoman Fascination with Models: Playthings, Curios and Inspiration for Architectural
Practice
- Ut adab architectura: Architectural Awareness in the Age of Libraries
- A ‘Nest of Exuberance’: The Râgıb Pasha Library as the Apex of the Ottoman Library Movement
5. Perceptivity of Mind, Illumination of Eyes and Other Rewards of Libraries
- Eloquence as the Standard of Civilisation
- Distinctions Drawn through Books
- Cosmic Libraries and Human-Libraries
- Visiting Art in the Library
- Meticulous Care in Selections
Conclusion
Epilogue by Çiğdem Kafescioğlu
Appendix: Map of Libraries Built in Istanbul between the 1670s and 1850
Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.7.2026 |
|---|---|
| Co-Autor | Kristel Smentek, Çiğdem Kafescioğlu |
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Maps |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3995-5385-2 / 1399553852 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3995-5385-8 / 9781399553858 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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