Cognitive Semantic Study on the Wooden Door Signed “Khajeh Marjan Ebne Abdollah” based on Claude Levi Strauss

In national museum of Iran, there is a wooden door which is related to “ Khajeh Marjan Ebne Abdollah”, belongs to eighth century A.H (Anno Hegirae), contemporary with “ Sheykh Oveys” – the second Jalayery king - with a view to history, is in the middle of two Ilkhani and Teymoorian periods and is a part of middle period of Islam. The door has about two-meter altitude and made of mulberry wood with embossed designs and big Iron nails and the signature of Marjan Ebne Abdollah is on it. The creator of this work has been tried to inspire special meaning to his addressee by means of a sequence of contrasts, pure nature of geometrical pictures, expanding symbolic meanings and old usage of ancient Iranian pattern like a broken cross and writing “ .”مُسَبِبُ الاَسباب وَ یا مُفَتِحُ الاَبوابِ This research is based on a theory to recognizes the constructive elements of a work, will cause to understanding the relationship quality with addressee by creating a relationship between expression elements in a work, it will be possible to achieve a meaning ( message) and indications, existing in it. Also, it emphasizes on one of the main religious subjects; the culture of legitimate sustenance in Moslem’s life and Islamic holy religious law for earning a livelihood and getting wealth and legitimate business in the form of revelation in artistic work. Regarding to the importance and necessity of reading Moslem’s artistic works, the present research has engaged in a structural analysis, based on “Claude Levi Strauss”, a French anthropologist and constructivist’s ideas (1908 – 2009) to decode the inner layers and hidden facts of wooden door related to “Khajeh Marjan Ebne Abdollah”. The goal of this study is the semantics of this door and trying to answer these questions: - Is this door an artistic work? - What is the viewpoint of its creator? What is its message for the viewer? The method of this study is a descriptive - historical and analytical method and gathering the subjects is in library way. The most important findings of this research are that this door is an artistic work and its creator reveals the Iranian – Islamic artistic manifestations by making coordination between nonverbal elements and lingual structure. The religious artist steps into an exalted area along with the addressee and changes the existence to an excellent life, in addition to creating a unique generality. The wooden door related to “Khajeh Marjan Ebne Abdollah”, accompanies with religious theoretical feelings and theoretical, practical and sociological vocal horn so that in addition to encouraging the addressee to try to gain legitimate sustenance, help him to reach to absolute riches.