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The court of Kiliç Ali Pasha Mosque at Tophane, Istanbul. In the background, Nusretiye mosque.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Children, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Kiliç Ali Pasha Complex (Kılıç Ali Paşa Külliye), Mosques, Nusretiye Mosque (Nusretiye Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Professions, Scribes, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Tophane, Turkey, Women
Leisure scene at Pinarbasi, a neighbourhood of Bursa. A story teller entertains the public.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Hookahs, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Leisure, Leisure spaces, Pınarbaşı, Professions, Rivers, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Storytellers, Thrace, Turkey, Turks
Leisure scene at the location of Sweet Waters of Asia.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Küçüksu fountain (Küçüksu Çeşmesi), Leisure, Leisure spaces, Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain (Mihrişah Valide Sultan Çeşmesi), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Professions, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sweet waters of Asia / Göksu Deresi / byz. Potamion, Thrace, Turkey, Turks, Women
Turkish women in 18th century costume having tea in their private quarters.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Furniture, Houses, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Interiors, Istanbul, Jewellery, Musical instruments, Servants, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Turks, Women
Peasant using the cover of an ancient sarcophagus as a drinking trough, outside Yalvaç, which is built next to the site of Antioch of Pisidia.
Tags: Agricultural tasks, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Caramania, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Funerary monuments, Human types, Natural environment, Sarcophagi, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views, Wells, Yalvaç / anc. Antioch of Pisidia
Acam-oglan, young Christian recruited through the devsirme, servant to the Sultan. A Helvaci, pastry confectioner of the imperial palace. A messenger of the Sultan.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman court, Ottoman officials, Pastry confectioners / Pastry sellers, Portraits, Professions, Servants, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey
View of the plain of Larissa from settlement close to the city. Snapshot of everyday life at the village.
Tags: Agricultural tasks, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bovids, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Domestic tasks, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Houses, Larissa, Natural environment, Oxen, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Spindles, Spinning, Spinning wheels, Storks, Textile manufacture, Views, Washing and laundering, Wells, Women
The bazaar of Athens. On the forefront, on the right, an emancipated African slave. On the doorway, the owner of the coffeehouse who is brigning a tray with coffee to the Ottoman governor Disdar Aga. Disdar Aga is sitting on the stairs, dressed in red, and next to him sits another Turkish aga. Standing at the entrance of the coffeehouse, the Greek voivode (governor) of Salamis island, who is conversing a Greek Baratario (protegé of a foreign power). At the centre of the picture, three Turkish women covered with long white veils. According to Edward Dodwell's description, the rest of the women depicted are Arvanite. Standing, on the right, a devout Muslim in green costume, an indication that he has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Africans, Animals, Arvanites, Athens, Attica, Cafés / Cafeneia, Carpets, Castles and fortresses, Children, Coffee, Commerce, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Greengrocers, Human types, Itinerant traders, Merchants / Traders, Monastiraki, Mosques, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman officials, Pack animals, Pilgrims, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Street markets and bazaars, Turks, Tzistaraki Mosque (Athens), Views, Voivodes, Walls, Women
The dance of the dervishes at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the final stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: The two main dancers whirl while holding each other by the sash. In green, wearing a white turban, the Sheich or head of the Dervishes, who animates the dancers with his voice and by playing the tambour.
Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Dancers, Dervishes, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Human types, Inscriptions, Interiors, Musical instruments, Musicians, Percussion instruments, Priests, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Sheikhs, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Tekije (Dervish lodge)
Gathering of devout Muslims at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the first stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: the faithful praise God and Prophet Muhammad.
Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dance, Dancers, Dervishes, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Human types, Inscriptions, Interiors, Music, Musical instruments, Percussion instruments, Priests, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Tekije (Dervish lodge)
Dinner at Crisso, near Delphi, in the house of the bishop of Salona.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bishops, Carpets, Central Greece, Children, Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crisso, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Houses, Natural environment, Notables, Phocis, Priests, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Views, Women
Ast-chi, a cook. Ast-chi bashi, head cook of the Janissary corps.
Tags: Cooks, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Janissaries, Jewellery, Military uniforms, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Portraits, Professions, Servants, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey
Town and harbour of Argostoli, (Cephalonia). [Depiction of activities pertaining to viticulture].
Tags: Agricultural tasks, Agriculture, Architecture and built environment, Argostoli, Baskets, Boats and ships, Cephalonia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Grapemust preparation, Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Natural environment, Peasants, Ports, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Vines, Viticulture, Windmills, Women
Town and harbour of Vathi, Ithaka island.
Tags: Baskets, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Ithaca, Members of the military, Ports, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Vathy (Ithaca), Windmills
The quarantine station of Lefkada island.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Lefkada, Members of the military, Ports, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Weapons
Feast of St. Jason and Sosipatros in Corfu island.
Tags: Agricultural tasks, Agricultural tools, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Barrels, Baskets, Boats and ships, Children, Churches, Corfu, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dance, Dancers, Dogs, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fairs, Festivities / Celebrations, Greece, Horses, Houses, Human types, Ionian islands, Natural environment, Peasants, Religious practices, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Views, Weapons, Windmills, Women
Processing of cotton in Limni, Euboea.
Tags: Agriculture, Architecture and built environment, Books, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cotton crops, Domestic tasks, Economic activities, Euboea, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Natural environment, Sewing, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Spinning wheels, Textile manufacture, Views, Weaving looms, Women
Memorial service on Saturday of the Souls, Athens.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Cemeteries, Central Greece, Children, Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Funerary practices, Funerary steles, Greece, Mosques, Priests, Religious ceremonies, Religious practices, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Views, Women
A bazaar in Corinth.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Corinth, Corinthia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Economic activities, Equids, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Mosques, Pack animals, Peloponnese, Professions, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Views, Weapons, Women
A European ambassador has dinner with the Grand Vizier.
Tags: Ambassadors, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Furniture, Grand Viziers, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Ṭuğrā (Seals – signatures of the Sultan) (Seals – signatures of the Sultan), Turkey, Turks
Ottoman soldiers exercising in Tomak, a martial art practiced with wooden balls.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Cooks, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Janissaries, Martial arts, Ottoman army, Ottoman kiosks, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Thrace, Tomak, Turkey, Weapons
Muslim women entertaining themelves in their private quarters.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Furniture, Houses, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Interiors, Istanbul, Music, Musical instruments, Muslim women, Qanun (instrument), Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Spinning, Thrace, Turkey, Turkish women, Women
The Grand Vizier offers dinner (Ifter) to other Ottoman officials during the Ramadan.
Tags: Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Festivities / Celebrations, Furniture, Grand Viziers, Houses, Human types, Iftar / Ramadan dinner, Interiors, Istanbul, Muslim ceremonies, Ottoman officials, Ramadan, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey
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