ISBN10: 1932099727, ISBN13: 9781932099720, [publisher: Topkapi Palace Museum / The Light Inc., Istanbul] Hardcover Istanbul: Topkapi Palace Museum, 2004. Quarto. Hardcover without a dust jacket (as issued) in a clam shell box. Golden boards with gilt and red lettering and designs. All edges gilt. Small smudge to the top edge of the text block. Mild rubbing to the bottom edge of the text block. Bottom flap of the clamshell box detached from the sides, but still attached to the rear compartment, and is otherwise handsome. Book is in very good condition, box is good to very good.
[Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]
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Istanbul: Topkapi Palace Museum; Tughra Books, Date: 2009. Deluxe edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. Folio. 8 leaves. 251 (1)pp. Original gilt silk cloth with ornamentation at four corners and red lettering on covers, housed in matching clamshell box with gilt pull lever and additional publisher's printed, illustrated red cardboard box with yellow lettering. Gilt edges. Illustrated endpapers. Half-title and title page printed in gilt. Gilt silk bookmark. Originally published in Turkish by Kaynak Kitapligi in 2004. A beautifully produced book about the Sacred Relics at the Topkapi Palace. Illustrated with color photographs throughout. Contains a gatefold of the Holy Mantle in color. "Upon the transference of the caliphate following Sultan Selim's victory in Egypt, the Sacred Relics in the treasury in Alexandria, as well as those with the Abbasid caliphs in Egypt and the governor of Makka, were brought to Istanbul. These relics were preserved with respect and love in the sultan's Throne Room, and for four hundred years the Holy Qur'an was read next to them in pious reverence twenty-four hours a day. The Sacred Relics had a privileged position in official ceremonies, which often included visits to the Holy Mantle and the unfolding of the Honored Standard, This book is the most comprehensive publication on this subject since Tahsin Öz's Emanet-i Mukaddese [The Sacred Trusts] was published with black and white photographs in 1953. Most of the itmes in this work are being i ...

ISBN10: 1932099727, ISBN13: 9781932099720, [publisher: Topkapi Palace Museum; Tughra Books, Istanbul] Hardcover Folio. 8 leaves. 251 (1)pp. Original gilt silk cloth with ornamentation at four corners and red lettering on covers, housed in matching clamshell box with gilt pull lever and additional publisher's printed, illustrated red cardboard box with yellow lettering. Gilt edges. Illustrated endpapers. Half-title and title page printed in gilt. Gilt silk bookmark. Originally published in Turkish by Kaynak Kitapligi in 2004. A beautifully produced book about the Sacred Relics at the Topkapi Palace. Illustrated with color photographs throughout. Contains a gatefold of the Holy Mantle in color. "Upon the transference of the caliphate following Sultan Selim's victory in Egypt, the Sacred Relics in the treasury in Alexandria, as well as those with the Abbasid caliphs in Egypt and the governor of Makka, were brought to Istanbul. These relics were preserved with respect and love in the sultan's Throne Room, and for four hundred years the Holy Qur'an was read next to them in pious reverence twenty-four hours a day. The Sacred Relics had a privileged position in official ceremonies, which often included visits to the Holy Mantle and the unfolding of the Honored Standard, This book is the most comprehensive publication on this subject since Tahsin Öz's Emanet-i Mukaddese [The Sacred Trusts] was published with black and white photographs in 1953. ...

Tughra Books 2010 Hard cover Very Good Somerset, NJ: The Light, Inc., 2004. 1st edition. 4to hardcover in case. 351pp. Illustrations. Very Good book. Near Fine case. (Islamic Reliquaries, Turkey, Catalogs) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

ISBN10: 1932099727, ISBN13: 9781932099720, [publisher: Tughra Books] Hardcover First Edition Somerset, NJ: The Light, Inc., 2004. 1st edition. 4to hardcover in case. 351pp. Illustrations. Very Good book. Near Fine case. (Islamic Reliquaries, Turkey, Catalogs) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
[Frederick, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2010]