SOMETHING ABOUT OTTOMAN INSCRIPTIONS IN OLD BAR Cover Image

O NEKIM OSMANSKIM NATPISIMA KOD STAROG BARA
SOMETHING ABOUT OTTOMAN INSCRIPTIONS IN OLD BAR

Author(s): Burhan Čelebić
Subject(s): Local History / Microhistory, 17th Century, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Историјски институт Црне Горe
Keywords: Bar; old Bar; Kotor; epigraphy; nišan (gravestone monument); fountain; tarih-chronogram; Islamic art

Summary/Abstract: In this article, we will interpret and present Old Turkish (Ottoman) inscriptions from the Bar region, which date from the historical range from the 17th to the 20th century, with a transcription from Old Turkish to the Ottoman language, with a translation in our languageas well.Namely, the basic research intention of these recent researches in Bar is directed towards presenting to the scientific, professional and general reading public the inscriptions from the stone surfaces and their meaning with nišan tombstones, fountains and chronograms, while at the same time unusual ornamentation, shapes and various decorative motifs that adorn them and essentially determine them. In addition to translations of these specific archaeological-historical testimonies about people and the spirit of the time from which these artifacts date, we also provide photographs that speak not only about the significance and values of this material heritage but also about the condition in which they are.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 133-148
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Bosnian