XIX. REGARDING THE TITLE PAGE DECORATION OF A DELA’IL’UL HAYRAT WORK SHOWN WITH CENTURY CHARACTERISTICS

Abstract

Dela’il’ül Hayrat which was a prayer book was written by Sheikh Muhammed b. Süleyman el-Cezûlî (died on H. 870) who was founder of the Cezûliyye branch of the Şâzeliyye sect. Dela’il’ül Hayrat books which were prayer books covering salawat to our Prophet and his family members were artworks worth-examining in terms of the artistic elements as well as their contents. Dela’il’ül Hayrat which is creating subject of the study and including in a private collection has been examined in terms of manuscript and illumination art. There are areas with illuminated and miniatures (Mecca and Medina miniatures) in the manuscript that has been examined. The Morocco leather was used for the binding of the artwork, which was designed as a manuscript binding. The title illuminations were decorated with naturalist style flowers and spiral, zerender, jeweled pauses were used on the pause motifs, and naturalistic flower bouquets were used in the crochet needles. In this article, the title illumination used in four pages in a Dela'il'ül-Hayrat, which showing the characteristics of the XIXth century period in terms of illumination art, has been examined and evaluated in terms of motif, pattern, color and stylistic features. Within the scope of this study, the details used in the decoration of four title pages, which were worked in the naturalist style, which had the characteristic features of the XIXth century, would be compared and evaluated