Gur, DurmusKarakok, Cahit2024-09-292024-09-2920221300-57072636-8064https://doi.org/10.29135/std.1097218https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/1198603https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14619/7186[No abstract available]eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessByzantineWall PaintingKuficPseudo-KuficMilitary Clothes.The subject of the study was the military weapons in the depictions and thepseudo-kufic in clothes. The pseudo-kuficwhich were seen in Byzantine and Western artin the 9th centuryand which were applied in Christian religious structures as of the 10thcenturywere evaluated by scientists as a purely symbolic form of semantic and visualexpression that was borrowed from a foreign language that could not be read. The dualnature of pseudo-kuficin which Arabic namesversesgood intentionsand wishes wereconveyedallowed them to spread in a wide range and be evaluated as a transitionaldecoration at the crossroads of various fields. It was reported previously that the practicesexplained with various expressions such as tradeconquestoccupationcaptivesandinteraction had an essentially apotropaic meaningand those that could not be read wereornaments that had decorative designs. It was determined that pseudo-kufic in depictions ofmilitary weapons and clothing had a special meaningand thereforethey were frequentlyapplied in Byzantine paintingillustrated manuscriptsand small handicrafts. The Arabicindependent letters in the depictions of military clothes and weaponsthe texts in the formof the abbreviation of the verse Al-Mulk or Al-Mulk Lillah had a U-form or mirror formstructure. The application of the verse Al-Mulk or Al-Mulk Lillah on military weapons andclothes depictions in practice shows that the expression of power was at the forefront ratherthan the meaning of property in buildings and other works.Article10.29135/std.1097218114121117119860331WOS:001182266200013N/A