Art
Mostafa Rostami; Moeine Sadat Hejazi
Abstract
Today, the debate on women-related issues has come to prominence as an international discourse. Discussing women’s issues as a large demographic group of the society can be conducive to promoting various social, cultural, economic, and political dimensions. Given the scant attention paid to the ...
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Today, the debate on women-related issues has come to prominence as an international discourse. Discussing women’s issues as a large demographic group of the society can be conducive to promoting various social, cultural, economic, and political dimensions. Given the scant attention paid to the instrumental role of women in various aspects of social, family, economic, political, cultural, and artistic activities, the gap of such studies is particularly felt in countries such as Iran. In recent years, Iranian women have been struggling to achieve their proper status. The great potentials of women in diverse cultural and artistic fields of activities are not unknown to anyone. The book, “Female Calligraphists of Iran” by Tahereh Molamohammadi, is one of the first works attempting to recognize Iranian women and cultivate their potentials. The introduction of the character and works of the female calligraphists in the history of Islamic era in Iran is the major contribution of this seminal book. The present study aims to take a critical approach at “Female Calligraphists of Iran” through an analysis of its content.
Persian Language and Literature
Mojtaba Mojarrad
Volume 17, Issue 7 , January 2018, , Pages 143-155
Abstract
Historical and literary texts pass various stages from the moment of collecting manuscripts to publishing. In this process, the most important and influential step is a textual criticism. In this critique, first, the manuscripts are evaluated. This evaluation is the basic foundation of textual criticism, ...
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Historical and literary texts pass various stages from the moment of collecting manuscripts to publishing. In this process, the most important and influential step is a textual criticism. In this critique, first, the manuscripts are evaluated. This evaluation is the basic foundation of textual criticism, if scientific and accurate methods are taken into account, , the results will be presented more accurately and reliably. In this article, the criteria to evaluate the reliability of Persian manuscripts have been recognized, and according to scribes, corroborants, date of calligraphy, genealogy, and stylistics have been divided into five main groups, and each one of these criteria has been studied, recognized, and reviewed. After reviewing the criteria, it has been shown that none of these criteria can be the only criterion toevaluate the reliability, and the best way for evaluating the manuscripts is using a combination of two or more criteria based on the quantity and quality of manuscripts.
