Hacibektaş veli müzesi'ndeki sancak alemleri

Abstract

Standards were used as signs, heraldic devices and flags, and have shown a development in forms, production techniques, ornamental techniques and species through time. Nevertheless, they reflect the authentic traditions and customs of nations and religious orders with aesthetic concerns. Within them, standards of the Turkish period are objects with various symbols like horn, tulip, crescent, crescent-star as well as inscriptions, sometimes accompanied with figures such as dragons, birds and lions, and they served as symbols of sultans, grand viziers, commanders and sheikhs during battles. For the first time this article presents ten standards from the Hacibektash Veli Museum; three of them are currently on display and seven are in the Museum depot. These standards are hereby studied in detail with respect to their metarials, techniques, dimensions and ornamental compositions. It was also noted that the masters of these standards reflected the faith and customs of the Bektashi religious orders on other works of art used at the Haci Bektâş-i Veli dervish lodge, such as keşkül (bowl) and teber (halberd). In addition, standards in the Hacibektaş Veli Museum were determined to enrich the range of Ottoman period standards with different examples.