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Fountain at the remains of church near the sea walls of Topkapi palace in Istanbul. According to the author, the Greek Orthodox of Istanbul would come to the fountain on the feast of the Transfiguration. Several of them would bury themselves in the sand and then drink from the holy fountain, thus realizing a symbolic transfiguration.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Feast of the Transfiguration, Festivities / Celebrations, Fountains / Springs, Greeks, Holy springs, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman palaces, Religious practices, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Walls of Constantinople
Gymnosophists near temples in India. 6: The author and a Dutch officer explore the lodgings of an itinerant fakir.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Author portraits, Banana trees, Bovids, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dutch people, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Gymnosophists, Human types, India, Indian deities, Indian temples, Jean Baptiste Tavernier, Officers, Plants, Priests, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life
Ottoman (Muslim) funeral. Ottoman (Muslim) wedding. In the distance, the field of Büyükdere on the European shore of the Bosporus.
Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Brides, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Camels, Children, Equids, Ethnic groups, Funerary monuments, Human types, Istanbul, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Ottomans, Religious practices, Rites of passage, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Turks, Wedding ceremonies
View of Aleppo, Syria. Ottoman caravan in the foreground.
Tags: Aleppo, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bovids, Camels, Caravans, Castle of Aleppo, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Houses, Human types, Merchants / Traders, Mosques, Ottomans, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Travel, Turks, Views, Walls
View of the city of Mamre, or Terebinth, Palestine. According to one tradition, this is the site where David overcame Goliath. In the foreground, caravan of Ottoman merchants.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Camels, Caravans, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Ethnic groups, Human types, Mamre / anc. Terebinth, Merchants / Traders, Ottomans, Palestine, Professions, Religious practices, Sheep, Shepherds, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Turks, Views
View of Antioch (Antakya), Asia Minor. Part of the walls of Saint Peter's church (B) as well as the castle of the Crusaders or Bagras castle.
Tags: Agios Petros (Antioch/ Antakya), Animals, Antakya-Hatay / Antioch, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bagras Castle, Camels, Caravans, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crusades, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Fountains / Springs, Houses, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Ottomans, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Turkey, Turks, Views
Mount Sinai and the Monastery of Saint Catherine (A). Mount Moses (D). In the foreground, caravan of Ottoman pilgrims to Mecca.
Tags: Animals, Camels, Caravans, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Equids, Ethnic groups, Horses, Human types, Mount Moses (Gabal Musa), Mount Sinai, Natural environment, Ottomans, Pilgrimages, Pilgrims, Religious practices, Saint Catherine's Monastery (Mount Sinai), Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Turks, Views
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