OLD TOMBSTONES AS AN AUTHENTIC FORM OF SEPULCRAL ART IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Cover Image

STARI NIŠANI KAO AUTENTIČAN OBLIK SEPULKRALNE UMJETNOSTI U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI
OLD TOMBSTONES AS AN AUTHENTIC FORM OF SEPULCRAL ART IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Author(s): Nihad Klinčević
Subject(s): Cultural history, Museology & Heritage Studies, Social history, Modern Age, Islam studies, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: JU Zavod za zaštitu i korištenje kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa
Keywords: nisan; cultural heritage; historical heritage; Bosnia and Herzegovina;

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this paper is Muslim tombstones in Bosnia and Herzegovina as an authentic form of domestic memorial art and architecture. The paper discusses tombstones, their divisions according to type, shape, and periods of their creation. At the same place, an overview of the stone carving decorations found on nišan tombstones is given. The paper was created as a result of several years of theoretical and field research in the area of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  • Issue Year: 16/2025
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 255-284
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Bosnian
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