Aesthetics of Architectural Decorations in the Literature of the Timurid Period Case Study of Jami Poetry

Like literature, architecture has a bond with symbols, mysteries, metaphors, mystical concepts, socio-cultural mentalities and etc. and like literature is considered one of the most outstanding displays of the culture and thoughts of nations in different periods. In fact, words, elements and idioms in architecture are considered as one of the inspiring, artistic and array making tools for poets and writers. Extracting, studying and assessing buildings that are mentioned in poetry and writings of Persian literature, helps to know the architectural styles of different periods and to illustrate the ambiguous parts of Islamic and Persian history of architecture to a large extent. The period under study in this article is the Timurid period which it's most important characteristic in its architecture, is related to the decoration of its buildings and in this view this period is considered to be one of the most important periods of Islamic architecture. On one hand results of this research are an indicator of the usage of decorations like “Muqarnas, plastering, engraving, calligraphy and inscription, goldsmithing, woodcarving and shamseh” in architecture in Timurid period, and on the other hand are an illustrator of the manner and amount of usage of these decorations in the creation of literary arrays in poetry of this period. This article is prepared using the library and interpretation and analyzation method. Surely literature is one of the most important resources of discovery and extraction of kinds of decoration used in architecture in different periods. and architectural decorations are also considered one of the most beautifying tools in literary texts. So, study of important works of poetry and writing remaining from the Timurid period, especially Jami's poetry is very important in this view.