Door Ring, Knocker and Mirrors in Bursa/Cumalikizik Houses
Cumalikizik, which was a residential area with village status until 1987 on the northern slopes of Uludag in Bursa, was connected to the Yildirim District centre as a neighbourhood after this date. Bursa and Cumalikizik were on the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. Cumalikizik maintains its feature of being the earliest surviving Ottoman village and the best -preserved originality. Cumalikizik, one of the important centres of cultural tourism today, continues to attract attention with its residential area, historical texture, and especially traditional house in this texture. Within the scope of the study, the rings and knockers on the doors of 135 houses in Cumalikizik Village were determined by scanning the area, and 66 rings and 40 knockers were examined. These are classified into main and sub -types as rings, mallets and mirrors. Door rings in Cumalikizik houses have a circular form and are jazzed up with different decorations on their mirrors. On the knockers defining the doors of the homes, there are three different types: C -shaped, U-shaped, and L-shaped. The most common type among these, C -shaped knockers, is remarkable with its interpretation seen in mirrors as a musanna of the word "Allah" or as a design written "Mashallah". The widespread use of rings and knockers in Cumalikizik houses, their form, material, and technical features are a continuation of a tradition that was imported from Europe at the beginning and later localized, especially in the XIX century examples.
- Journal
- ART-SANAT
- Year
- 2024
- Volume
- 21
- Pages
- 439-466
- eISSN
- 2148-3582
- DOI
- 10.26650/artsanat.2024.21.1215493
- WoS UID
- WOS:001164403500008