TECHNIQUE OF COLD SUN TURKISH BOOKBINDING ART AND A STUDY ON 'COLD SUN' BOOOKBINDINGS LOCATED IN KAYSERI RASIT EFENDI MANUSCRIPT WORK LIBRARY

摘要

In Turkish Bookbinding Art, the decorative motif in the form of a sun on thebookbindings is called "Şemse”(Sun). The suns seen in the manuscript workbookbindings; the style of application and the motifs used in the drawings, and arereferred to by different names. Techniques of sun decoration on leather bookbindingscovering manuscript works; the periods they belong to, the motifs used in thedrawings and the style of practice, and are referred to by various names. The "ColdSun" technique, which is the subject of this study and seen in the manuscript works;"Is a topical ornamentation technique which is made by "pressing the prepared pencilmold directly on the leather without using gilding" and highly-applied way in TurkishBookbinding Art. This study was carried out in Kayseri province; The Ministry ofCulture and Tourism has been carried out in Raşit Efendi Manuscript Works Library.In the library mentioned in the scope of the research, manuscripts on worksbookbinding that bear the qualities of the national heritage have been worked on withthe history which is a very important value in terms of Turkish Bookbinding Art andTurkish Ornamental Art. Especially manuscript bookbinding of works adorned withthe technique of "Cold Sun"; the material used in construction and decoration, andthe motif and composition characteristics used in the decoration were examined and atotal of 9 manuscript works were tried to be documented with their photographs of thebookbinding. Accordingly, the manuscript works; information concerning thequalitative characteristics such as work periods and names, Culture and TourismMinistry of Turkey Authoring Works Agency organized on the basis of archive datain the inventory and explained. Leather bindings examined within the scope of thisstudy; it was determined that they arrived at the Ottoman period day by day andrepresented the stylistic features and technical power of the period.