Towards a Corpus of The Inscriptions of Ottoman
Buildings in Greece
Volume 1 - Issue 2
Ahmed Ameen*
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- Islamic Archaeology Department, Fayoum University, Egypt
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Ahmed Ameen, Associate Professor, Islamic Archaeology Department, Fayoum University, Egypt
Received: November 22, 2019; Published: December 03, 2019
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Abstract
The amount of surviving inscriptions from the Ottoman Times in Greece is astonished. This paper is the first ever study
announces these inscriptions throughout Greece in a quantitative approach. Through statistical methods, this research surveys the
building inscriptions, proper to each region or in Greece as a whole. This article surveyed 684 inscriptions belong to 343 Ottoman
buildings all-over Greece. Considering the language and the content of these 684 inscriptions, they comprise 1788 different texts. It
shows with the help of two tables along with their charts with type, building function and region indexes the criteria of classification
of these inscriptions considering the most common approaches comprising language, function, content, patron, stylistic features
and region. It is also analyzing the surviving inscriptions of the Ottoman buildings in Greece considering these criteria with statistic
evidences. The paper concludes with a suggested methodology in cataloguing the corpus of the inscriptions of Ottoman buildings
in Greece.
Keywords: Inscription; Ottoman; Balkan; Greece; Epigraphy; Corpus
Abstract|
Introduction|
Classification of Inscriptions|
Content|
Patron(s) and Craftsman|
Stylistic Features|
Region|
A Suggested Methodology in Cataloguing the Corpus of Inscriptions|
Corpus ID: Caption of the inscription|
Conclusion|
References|