Examining the Timurid Manuscripts in the Treasury of Uzbekistan’s Institute of Oriental Studies

Bekhzod B. Khadjimetov, Abdumajid A. Madraimov

2023

Abstract

In this article, a physical and macroscopic analysis of the Timurid manuscript, created in Herat in the second half of the 15th century and the 16th century, kept in the treasury of the Institute of Oriental Studies named after Abu Rayhan Beruni of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, is carried out. Papers of the studied manuscripts were described by visual inspection, thickness and thickness, degree of wear and quality. Manuscript sheets OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA.MODEL NO. He took a macro picture using a special TG-4 camera and analyzed it based on this. As a result of the analysis, the thickness of the paint applied to the surface of the sheets, the gold paint and the color coatings were also studied. Calligraphic inscriptions, pages with miniature pictures were studied separately. Samples of photographs were taken from the beginning, middle, end, and rest pages of each manuscript and compared. It was found that the quality of the paper used for the study of the manuscripts' calligraphic notes and miniatures was different from each other. A brief description of the results of the study of the pages of the researched manuscripts is given and the conclusions are stated.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Khadjimetov B. and Madraimov A. (2023). Examining the Timurid Manuscripts in the Treasury of Uzbekistan’s Institute of Oriental Studies. In Proceedings of the 2nd Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR-2; ISBN 978-989-758-723-8, SciTePress, pages 70-73. DOI: 10.5220/0012667500003882

in Bibtex Style

@conference{pamir-223,
author={Bekhzod Khadjimetov and Abdumajid Madraimov},
title={Examining the Timurid Manuscripts in the Treasury of Uzbekistan’s Institute of Oriental Studies},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR-2},
year={2023},
pages={70-73},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012667500003882},
isbn={978-989-758-723-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR-2
TI - Examining the Timurid Manuscripts in the Treasury of Uzbekistan’s Institute of Oriental Studies
SN - 978-989-758-723-8
AU - Khadjimetov B.
AU - Madraimov A.
PY - 2023
SP - 70
EP - 73
DO - 10.5220/0012667500003882
PB - SciTePress