Examining the moorish-style Qur'an found in the Library of the Topkapi Palace Museum in İstanbul interms of illimunation art

In the Topkapı Palace Museum Library, the most beautiful examples of the Koran, written in the line of the Moorish, were selected and examined in terms of illumination art. The chosen Koran belongs to the Seljuk period and has an exceptional place and feature in terms of the transfer of the characteristics of the period. In the first part of the thesis consists of three parts,there are the definition of Turkish illumination art, historical development, motifs used in illumination art and writing works, general information about illumination parts. The second part contains information about the art of the line. Since the Qur'an is written in the Moorish line, the information about the Moorish line is also included. In the third part of the thesis, there analysis of E.H.220, R.27. R.33, R.43, R and 53 numbered Qur'an-I Karim. This Qur'an is examined in terms of patterns, motifs, color and skin properties. It is also compared with the Seljuk illumination covering its period.