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Title page. Scenes from the author's trip to the Mediterranean.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Arabs, Athens, Boats and ships, Cairo, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dalmatia, Dance, Doge's Palace / Palazzo Ducale (Venice), Egypt, Ethnic groups, Golden Horn, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Istanbul, Italy, Karnak, Lisbon, Mosques, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Parthenon, Piazza San Marco (Venice), Portugal, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Title page, Tower of Belem, Turkey, Venice, Views, Women, Zeynab Mosque / Zeynab Camii
View of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. On the right the street passing in front of the Sublime Porte.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
Dance on the west bank of the Nile. On the foreground, two French travellers. The governors of the small vessels are smoking and drinking coffee while sitting on the ground, as are doing two dervishes and their servants farther away. According to Olivier's description, the scene depicts Egyptians dancing a war dance and a more sensual dance.
Tags: Beauty care, Boats and ships, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dance, Dervishes, Egypt, Egyptian dances, Egyptians, Ethnic groups, French, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Percussion instruments, Priests, Professions, Servants, Ship captains, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel
The sources of Karamenderes (anc. Scamander) river around Mount Ida, in the Troad.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Baskets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Karamenderes /anc. Scamander, Laundresses / Washerwomen, Mosques, Mount Ida / Kazdağı (Turkey), Mountains, Mysia, Natural environment, Rivers, Social sphere and everyday life, Troad, Turkey, Views, Washing and laundering, Women
View of the Doric Temple in Segesta, Sicily.
Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Carriages, Columns / Pillars, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doric order, Doric temple of Segesta, Greek colonies, Horses, Human types, Italy, Natural environment, Professions, Segesta, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy
The fountain of Arethousa in Syracuse, Sicily.
Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Fountain of Arethousa (Syracuse), Greek colonies, Greek mythology, Human types, Italy, Laundresses / Washerwomen, Painters / Engravers, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Syracuse, Views, Washing and laundering, Women
Composition: Hadrian's Arch together with the area where the Odeon of Pericles, stood. In the background the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
Tags: Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Human types, Natural environment, Odeon of Pericles, Odeons, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Ottomans, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Ruins, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
Composition: The Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa) together with the Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa), Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Natural environment, Ottomans, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Ruins, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
Composition: The Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds) together with the Temple of Apollo in Ancient Corinth.
Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Corinth, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doric order, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Human types, Natural environment, Ottomans, Ruins, Social sphere and everyday life, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth)
Composition: The Erechtheion together with the Gate of Athena Archegetis (mod. Pazaroporta).
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Caryatids, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Erechtheion, Gate of Athena Archegetis / mod. Pazaroporta, Greece, Human types, Ionic order, Mosques, Ottomans, Parthenon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Ruins, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
Composition: The Temple of Poseidon in Sounio together with the Monument of Philopappus in Athens.
Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doric order, Funerary monuments, Greece, Human types, Monument of Philopappus, Natural environment, Ottomans, Reliefs, Ruins, Social sphere and everyday life, Sounion, Temple of Poseidon (Sounio), Women
Hadrian's Library in Athens.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Baskets, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Hadrian, Houses, Human types, Itinerant traders, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman Εmperors, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
Composition: The Monument of Philopappus. Scene of excavations at Thoricos, ancient settlement near Lavrio.
Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Excavations, Funerary monuments, Greece, Human types, Lavrio, Monument of Philopappus, Natural environment, Nobility, Professions, Reliefs, Ruins, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thorikos
Composition: Choregic monument of Lysicrates in Athens together with the port of Faliro, close to Piraeus.
Tags: Argo-Saronic gulf, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Choregic monuments, Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Dancers, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Faliro, Greece, Greeks, Houses, Human types, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottomans, Ports, Ruins, Social sphere and everyday life
Composition: The Odeon of Herodes Atticus together with the Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion) in Athens.
Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doric order, Greece, Horses, Human types, Natural environment, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Odeons, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Ruins, Social sphere and everyday life, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Women
Composition: The bridge of Ilissus and the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. The Temple of Rome and Augustus in Pula, Croatia.
Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Bridges, Central Greece, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Croatia, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ilissus (Ilisos) river, Natural environment, Ottomans, Panathenaic Stadium, Pula / anc. Polai, Rivers, Ruins, Social sphere and everyday life, Temple of Rome and Augustus (Pula)
View of the Sweet Waters of Asia, on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus. In the background the Anatolian Castle.
Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Küçüksu fountain (Küçüksu Çeşmesi), Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain (Mihrişah Valide Sultan Çeşmesi), Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sweet waters of Asia / Göksu Deresi / byz. Potamion, Tents, Turkey, Views
Café at Eminönü. In the background the Tower of Beyazit, also called Serasker Tower, the Mosque of Sultan Suleiman I and the Valens aqueduct.
Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Bayezid Tower / Seraskier Tower (Beyazıt Kulesi), Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Cafés / Cafeneia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eminönü, Golden Horn, Human types, Istanbul, Leisure spaces, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Valens Aqueduct (Bozdoğan Kemeri)
View of Büyükdere through the arches of the aqueduct of Sultan Mahmut I in Bahçeköy.
Tags: Animals, Aqueduct of Sultan Mahmud I, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Bahçeköy / byz. Petra, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Goats, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Shepherds, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views
The entrance to Yedikule fortress.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carriages, Castles and fortresses, Fatih, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views, Yedikule fortress (Yedikule Hissari / gr. Heptapyrgion)
The Column of Constantine (Çemberlitaş sütunu). In the background the Köprülü Mehmet Paşa Mosque.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Çemberlitaş, Children, Column of Constantine / Çemberlitaş sütunu, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Köprülü Mehmed Paşa Mosque (Köprülü Mehmet Paşa Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey
View of Istiniye, on the European shores of the Bosporus. On the left the Fountain of Ahmet Şemsettin.
Tags: Ahmet Şemsettin fountain/ (Ahmet Şemsettin efendi çeşmesi), Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Istanbul, İstinye / anc. Leosthenion, Itinerant traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Sarıyer, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women
The Mosque of Beyazit II on Beyazit Square in Istanbul. On the left, Ağalar Gate, which was renamed to Serasker Gate in the beginning of the 19th century.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Bayezid II / (ΙΙ. Beyazıd), Bayezid Mosque (Beyazıt Camii), Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Horses, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman ministry of military administration, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Serasker Gate / Serasker kapısı, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Thrace, Turkey, Views
The Cistern of Philoxenos in between the Hippodrome of Constantinople and Çemberlitas (Forum of Constantine I).
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine Εmpire, Children, Cistern of Philoxenos / Binbirdirek Sarnıcı, Costume - Hats and headwear, Forum of Constantine I / Çemberlitas, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottomans, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Spinning, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey
View of Valens Aqueduct in Fatih, Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Birds, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine emperors, Byzantine monuments, Children, Constantine I, Constantine V Copronymus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fatih, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottomans, Roman Εmperors, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Valens Aqueduct (Bozdoğan Kemeri), Views
View of the area the Dolmabahçe Palace was built at, from the Muslim cemetery of Pera (Beyoğlu). This cemetery started off today's Taxim Square and through the neighborhoods of Gümüşsuyu and Fındıklı it reached the Bosporus.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Cemeteries, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dolmabahçe - Dolmabahçe Palace (Dolmabahçe Sarayı), Funerary monuments, Funerary steles, Gümüşsuyu, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Rites of passage, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of Tekfur Saray at Balat in Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Balat / Fener / gr. Phanarion, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottomans, Palace of the Porphyrogenitus / Tekfur Sarayı, Palaces, Ruins, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace
Panoramic view of the Bosporus. On the left Yoros Castle.
Tags: Anadolu Kavağı / Kavakia, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Beykoz, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Fortifications and fortresses, Human types, Istanbul, Joshua's Hill / Hill of Jesus, Medieval monuments, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Travellers, Turkey, Views, Yoros castle (Yoros kalesi)
The entrance to the Black Sea from Istanbul. On the right Yoros Castle, close to Anadolu Kavağı.
Tags: Anadolu Kavağı / Kavakia, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Beykoz, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fortifications and fortresses, Goats, Human types, Istanbul, Joshua's Hill / Hill of Jesus, Medieval monuments, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Shepherds, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views, Yoros castle (Yoros kalesi)
View of the Sehzade Mosque and Mausoleum in Fatih.
Tags: Animals, Architects, Architecture and built environment, Carriages, Fatih, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Mausoleum of Sehzade Mehmed (Şehzade Mehmet türbesi), Mausoleums, Mimar Sinan, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Şehzade mosque / Şehzade Camii, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of the Tophane square and the Fountain of Sultan Mahmut I. In the background the Nusretiye Mosque.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Fountain of Mahmut I / I. Mahmut Sultan Çeşmesi, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Merchants / Traders, Mosques, Nusretiye Mosque (Nusretiye Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Professions, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Thrace, Tophane, Turkey, Women
The Fountain of Sultan Ahmet III at Hagia Sophia square.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III (III. Sultan Ahmet Çeşmesi), Fountains / Springs, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Professions, Riders, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Sublime Porte (Bab-ı Hümâyûn or Saltanat Kapısı), Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Views
The courtyard and the fountain of Hagia Sophia.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey
Musicians at the Asian valley of Sweet Waters.
Tags: Animals, Carpets, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Istanbul, Leisure spaces, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Oxen, Social sphere and everyday life, Sweet waters of Asia / Göksu Deresi / byz. Potamion, Turkey, Women
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