Introducing and studying a comparative, descriptive Seljuk tombstone museum of gorde

Inscriptions have always played the most important role inIslamic architecture, especially in tombs. Calligraphy gradually found a prominent place in Islamic architecture and art.In general, one of the ways to become more familiar withIslamic architecture courses, along with the use of decorative designs, is to pay attention to inscriptions, because inscriptions represent all the creations of Muslim artists in aparticular period. The spiritual spaces created by the inscriptions in religious places such as mosques, schools, shrines,monasteries, etc. lead man to illumination. The themes ofthe inscriptions in Islamic buildings are various, includingthe blessed names of God, verses, and chapters of the Quran,the name of the Prophet, imams, religious poems, the nameof the client, the name of the ruler, the scribe and the date ofmaking the inscriptions, and also Persian and Arabic poems.Wise words are the commandments and covenants of kingsand advice. The Seljuk era is one of the most important periods of Islamic aesthetics that has created many changes inIranian works of art, especially architectural decorations. Inthis era, due to the peace and political stability during theSeljuk dynasty, artists had more favorable conditions andwere able to create numerous works. Working on stone wasmore difficult than other elements, and on the other hand,high-quality stone was found in small quantities. Masonryand stone carving were abandoned after the Sassanid dynasty until a few centuries later. But during the tenth andeleventh centuries AD, artists turned their attention to this artagain. Consequently, stone altars and tombswere created, which in some cases are very similar to thealtars, in other words, the use of stone experienced a reemergence. Before the present study, the usage of poems ontombstones during the Seljuk period has not been observedor published. The purpose of this study is to introduce twoSeljuk tombstones that were discovered in Maymeh )Isfahan( and are now kept in the city museum. The secondpurpose is to discuss the artistic style and examine the similarities and differences with other Seljuk works, especiallytombstones, to comment on the identity of these works. Thequestions of the present study can be expressed as follows:How can the artistic style of these tombstones be explained?Also, considering the lack of direct reference, is it possibleto comment on the identity of the artist who made theseworks based on archaeological studies? According to thetombstone inscriptions of the Gordeh Museum, it should benoted that Arabic poems have also been used in the inscriptions of these two tombstones. The artistic style used in thesetwo tombstones is different from other known Seljuk tombstones, which is probably due to the difference in the placeof construction of these works. Also, because of the greatsimilarities between the tombstones of the Pollen Museumand the stone altar of Maymeh, it can be claimed that thebuilder of the former tombstones is the same as the one whobuilt the Maymeh altar.