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View of Sweet Waters of Europe.

Tags: Boats and ships, Carpets, Children, Dance, Human types, Istanbul, Leisure spaces, Social sphere and everyday life, Sweet waters of Europe / Kağithane, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women

View of the Bosphorus. Boğaz Kavak (Kavakia) in the distance.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Boğaz Kavak / gr. Kavakia, Bosporus, Carpets, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Modes of transport, Oxen, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views

The interior of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Muslim prayer, Religious practices, Turkey

At Meydanı square, on the site of the Byzantine Hippodrome of Constantinople. The Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Carpets, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Turkey

The Grand Bazaar of Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Human types, Istanbul, Kapalı çarşı /Grand Bazaar, Merchants / Traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Professions, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Red mullet fishing at Balık Ηane, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Balık Ηane (Istanbul), Boats and ships, Fishermen, Fishing, Human types, Istanbul, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views

The New Mosque (Yeni Cami) in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Boats and ships, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Ottoman baths in Istanbul.

Tags: Baths (Hamam), Healthcare, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

View of Mount Uludag (Olympus in Mysia). The city of Bursa in the distance.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Bridges, Bursa, Carriages, Horses, Human types, Modes of transport, Mount Uludağ / Mysian Olympus, Mountains, Natural environment, Oxen, Travel, Turkey, Views

Yedikule fortress in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Yedikule fortress (Yedikule Hissari / gr. Heptapyrgion)

View of Pera (Beyoğlu) from Tophane.

Tags: Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Tophane, Turkey, Views

The Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I in Istanbul.

Tags: Ahmed I / Ι. Ahmed, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Muslim prayer, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Priests, Religious practices, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey

The cistern of Philoxenos in Istanbul.

Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Cistern of Philoxenos / Binbirdirek Sarnıcı, Human types, Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey

Rumeli Hissar Castle.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Funerary monuments, Houses, Istanbul, Muslim cemeteries, Ottoman monuments, Rumeli Hissar Castle (Rumeli Hisarı), Thrace, Turkey, Views, Yalı

Map of Istanbul and the Bosphorus strait. Plan of Hagia Sophia.

Tags: Bosporus, Byzantine monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Maps, Plans and drawings, Thrace, Turkey

Istanbul from the entrance to the Golden Horn.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bayezid Tower / Seraskier Tower (Beyazıt Kulesi), Boats and ships, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Views

The Patriarch of the Orthodox Church.

Tags: Ethnic groups, Human types, Istanbul, Patriarchate of Constantinople, Patriarchs, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey

Monument on the Eurοpean shore of the Bosphorus, at the exit to the Black Sea, known as Pillar of Pompey.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Istanbul, Pillar of Pompey (Bosporus), Turkey

View of the Byzantine Hippodrome in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Istanbul, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Serpent column/ Plataean tripod/ Delphi tripod (Istanbul), Thrace, Turkey

Ottoman funerary monument and part of the walls of Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Fountains / Springs, Funerary monuments, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Walls, Walls of Constantinople

View of Topkapi palace, with the Asian shore of the Bosphorus and the Tower of Leander.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Istanbul, Palaces, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views

The fountain in the Camel caravanserai.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Camels, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Inns, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Ottoman monuments, Turkey

Procession, probably in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Religious ceremonies, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey

The Sultan's Palace in Edirne (Eski Sarayi).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Edirne / Adrianople, Palaces, Thrace, Turkey

Greek woman from Istanbul.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greeks, Human types, Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Greek woman from Istanbul with washbowl and pitcher.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Domestic tasks, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Human types, Istanbul, Jewellery, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Dervishes dancing in Istanbul teke.

Tags: Dance, Dervishes, Music, Musicians, Ottoman officials, Religious ceremonies, Social sphere and everyday life, Tekije (Dervish lodge), Turkey

Ruins of the ancient temple in Halicarnassus (today Bodrum) thought to be a Temple to Ares.

Tags: Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Bodrum / Halicarnassus, Caria, Doric order, Turkey

View of Miletus with Maeander river (Asia Minor).

Tags: Asia Minor, Ionia, Maeander river, Miletus, Natural environment, Rivers, Turkey, Views

Ancient Gate in Ephesus (Asia Minor).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ephesus, Ionia, Turkey

The putative tombs of Aias and Patroclus.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Burial mounds, Mysia, Mythology, Troy, Turkey

Troy.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Mysia, Troy, Turkey

Map of the Black Sea. At the right bottom corner, shepherd feeding his camels.

Tags: Animals, Black Sea, Camels, Maps, Professions, Shepherds, Turkey

The women of the Sultan's harem go out in the Palace Garden, escorted by eunuchs (imaginary representation).

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Harem, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Istanbul, Ottoman palaces, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Women

Greek wedding in Edirne (imaginary representation).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dance, Edirne / Adrianople, Ethnic groups, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Muslim women, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Wedding ceremonies, Women

The interior of the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Phanar (Fener), during service given by the four patriarchs (of Constantinople, Jerusalem, Alexandria and Antioch).

Tags: Balat / Fener / gr. Phanarion, Istanbul, Patriarchal Church of St. George (Fener / Phanar), Patriarchate of Constantinople, Patriarchs, Religious ceremonies, Religious practices, Turkey

The Patriarch of Constantinople. Plan of the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Phanar (Fener).

Tags: Balat / Fener / gr. Phanarion, Istanbul, Patriarchal Church of St. George (Fener / Phanar), Patriarchate of Constantinople, Patriarchs, Religious practices, Turkey

Scene in the Sultan's harem (imaginary representation).

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Dance, Eunuchs, Harem, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Interiors, Istanbul, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Ottoman palaces, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultans, Turkey, Women

Ahmed III is problaimed Sultan and prepares to gird the sword of Osman. Next to him, a religious leader, most probably Sheikh ul-Islam, reads out the Sultan's oath to God, the Dynasty, the State and the Ottoman people.

Tags: Ahmed III/ IIΙ. Ahmed, Ceremonies, Costume - Hats and headwear, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Istanbul, Janissaries, Ottoman officials, Religious leaders, Sheikh ul-Islam, Sultans, Turkey

A Janissary courts a young woman; he has slashed his arm as a token of his affection. A Jewish matchmaker is standing on his side. La Motraye states that he witnessed the scene himself.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Istanbul, Janissaries, Jews, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Women

Valens aqueduct in Istanbul. Ancient coins.

Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Coins, Istanbul, Turkey, Valens Aqueduct (Bozdoğan Kemeri)

Sultan Mustafa I enters Istanbul after the signing of the Karlowitz treaty.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Istanbul, Janissaries, Musical instruments, Musicians, Mustafa II (IΙ. Mustafa), Ottoman officials, Sultans, Turkey

At Meydanı square, which is buit on the site of the Byzantine Hippodrome of Constantinople. Muslim wedding procession, possibly of an Ottoman official. In the background, the obelisk of Theodosius I, and the Serpent Column (Plataean tripod) from Delphi sanctuary, which was brought to Constantinople by Constantine I.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Byzantine emperors, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Serpent column/ Plataean tripod/ Delphi tripod (Istanbul), Social sphere and everyday life, Theodosius I, Thrace, Turkey, Wedding ceremonies, Women

Plan of the Upper Gallery of Hagia Sophia. Illustration of the stages of Muslim prayer. Byzantine coins.

Tags: Byzantine coins, Coins, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Muslim prayer, Muslims, Plans and drawings, Turkey

View of the Dardanelles, 1890.

Tags: Asia Minor, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Ports, Turkey, Views

Gelibolu

Tags: Boats and ships, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Gelibolu / Galliboli, Houses, Human types, Ports, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women

Frieze and Corinthian capital in the temple of Apollo in Didyma.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Corinthian order, Didim / anc. Didyma, Temple of Apollo (Didyma), Turkey

Temple of Apollo in Didyma: Fig.I: A Frize, which filled the Spaces between the Capitals of the Pilasters, consisting of a Bass Relied representing Griffins and Lyres… Fig. II: A Corinthian Capital, which belonged to a Semi-column within the Wall which separated the Naos from the Pronaos. Fig. III: A Section through the Front of this Capital. Fig. IV: The width of the bottom of the Abacus, with the depth of its Curve. Fig. V: A Cymatium.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Corinthian order, Didim / anc. Didyma, Temple of Apollo (Didyma), Turkey

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