^#smrgSAHAF Surname-i Hümayun: An Imperial Celebration 1582 -

For all of its descriptions and illustrations vividly bringing the circumcision festivities to life, the Surname, or An Imperial Celebration as we shall call it, is more than just a work of art. This work, which was thought valuable enough in its day to be entered in the inventory of the Imperial Treasury and is now in the Topkapi Sarayi Museum library, provides us with a panoramic view of life in the Ottoman imperium and of the economy, society, culture, and art of its capital city, Istanbul, in the late 16th century.

What spectacles did the Ottomans most enjoy? What were their attitudes towards sports and entertainment? How did they entertain guests The answers to these and other questions are to be found in the descriptions and illustrations of the Surname, an extraordinary source of information richly endowed with the details of life in the 16th-century Ottoman Istanbul.

103359 Nurhan Atasoy. Surname-i Hümayun: An Imperial Celebration 1582 . , İstanbul: Koç Kitaplığı, 2002. 136 s.. 34x47. Kuşe Kağıt. Ciltli. İngilizce, Çok İyi, #smrgTELİF, Sanat, Sanat tarihi , Sosyal tarih, Osmanlı Dönemi, Minyatür, Resim, Saray Şenlikleri,