The Sacred Trusts
The Sacred Trusts

The Sacred Trusts

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AUTHOR     :Hilmi Aydin

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A first time comprehensive album presenting the marvelous collection of the sacred relics at Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul. The collection includes hundreds of invaluable belongings of Prophets such as Abraham, Moses, and Muhammad as well as Prophet Muhammad’s Companions and a number of Muslim saints. Excavated from the most restricted rooms of the palace, the entire selection is compiled here for the first time, including those that are not on exhibit for daily visits.

Hilmi Aydin

Hilmi Aydin was born in Kars in 1963. In 1986 he graduated from Istanbul University from the department of art history. He did his master's degree about depictions of Topkapi Palace on engravings and artwork. In 1988, he began working at the Istanbul Mimar Sinan University in the Sculpture and Arts Museum. Since 1997 he is the vice president at Topkapi Palace in the department of Arms and Sacred Trusts. He has written over fifty research articles for different cultural and historical magazines. He has also made presentations about art history at different seminars.


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Format

ISBN

9781932099720
ISBN Hardcover

9781932099720
Pages

350
Publication date

2012-12-12
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Size

12.4 x 10 inches

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