The Art of Herat School Bookbinding in Timurid Era
Subject Areas : Journal of History (Tarikh)sakineh taherkhani 1 , Mehrnaz Behroozi 2
1 - phd student, islamic azad university. central tehran branch
2 - Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch
Keywords: bookbinding, Timorids, Herat school,
Abstract :
Timor's reign began with the revival of art and culture. The Timurid era can be considered one of the most prosperous periods of science, and the cause must be to support and praise the Timurid rulers for the master of knowledge. In the Timurid era the decorations within the book reached its full potential, an obvious example of the glory of the Herat school in this period. The art of book-making and book-making in Persia reached its height in the ninth century AH by Herat bookstores and binders. The main theme of the present study is to examine the art of Herat school book art in the Timurid period. Using a historical-descriptive-analytical approach, the author examines existing sources and information and, as far as possible, attempts to compare research sources and research with original sources and to review and critique them if any. Therefore, in this paper, using the first and foremost sources, this paper attempts to study the art process of Herat School of Book Design in the Timurid era.
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