A Comparative Study of Visual Paratexts at the Treshold of the Entry of the Three Shahnameh’s Baysunghur, Ebrahim Soltan and Mohammad Juki

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Assistant Professor of Handicrafts Department, Faculty of Art and Architecture, University of Sistan and Baluchistan, Zahedan, Iran

2 , Professor, Tehran University of Arts, Faculty of theories & art studies, Art History.

10.22103/jis.2024.20914.2442

Abstract

Purpose: This research aims to address the difference between visual paratexts and entry pages to verify their role in the interpretation of the main text
Method and Research: To study the effect of visual paratexts on the interpretation of the main text, the idea of Gerard Genette, and the concepts of paratextuality and transtextuality based on a descriptive-comparative method were applied.
Findings and Conclusions: The Timurid era is one of the historical times in which writing copies of Shahnameh was highly flourished. The three illustrated copies of Shahnameh: Bayasanghuri, Ibrahim Sultan, and Mohammed Juki are examples of these works. The noticeable point in this manuscript in addition to the illustrated text is the pictures on the entry pages before the main text. Since every text communicates with the mindset of the audience and the external world through paratexts, Shahnamehs can be examined by these parts, because to enter the realm of the text, it is required to pass through the entry pages or the paratexts. In copies of Ibrahim Sultan and Baysanghur paratext includes pictures of the hunting scene, and the court of the supreme king, while in Shahnameh of Mohammad Juki, the book has no paratext and initiates with a picture of Ferdowsi and the poets of Ghazni.By analyzing and reviewing the paratexts and the entry texts of three copies of Shahnameh, it is concluded that, the role of the king in the hunting scene or royal court, besides point to the position of the ruler or one who ordered the work, indicates the place of the king in the society which rules over the main text.

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Journal of Iranian Studies
Volume 23, Issue 46 - Serial Number 46
December 2024
Pages 365-384

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