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A priest and a believer having a dispute on the motion of the Earth on its axis. On the left, Greek sailor passing by.

Tags: Astronomy, Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Holy Scriptures, Mani, Merchants, Peloponnese, Prayer beads, Priests, Professions, Reigious practices, Rosaries, Sailors, Social sphere and everyday life

Manuscript of the Samaritan Pentateuch photographed by the author at Nablus, probably Abisha scroll.

Tags: Abisha scroll, Alphabets, Art and antiquities, Books, Nablus, Palestine, Religious practices, Samaritan alphabet, Samaritan Pentateuch

Jewish rabbi.

Tags: Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Istanbul, Jews, Priests, Rabbis, Religious practices, Shoes and footwear, Thrace, Turkey

Ulema, scholar of Islamic Law and other disciplines.

Tags: Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman officials, Quran, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Ulemas

Dervish of the Kalenderi order.

Tags: Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dervishes, Ethnic groups, Human types, Istanbul, Kalenderi dervish order, Priests, Religious orders, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Muslim itinerant pilgrim.

Tags: Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dervishes, Ethnic groups, Human types, Istanbul, Priests, Religious practices, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Imam.

Tags: Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Imams, Istanbul, Jewellery, Priests, Quran, Religious practices, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Greek residents of London vote for the National Elections at the Greek consulate, 1862.

Tags: Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Elections, Embassies, Human types, London, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, United Kingdom

Architect and designer Alexandre Petitot in costume of his own design, inspired from Greek vases and architectural features of ancient temples.

Tags: Ancient temples, Author portraits, Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Disguises, Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, Human types, Italy, Masquerades, Parma, Shoes and footwear

Allegory of the evolution of human thought and science.

Tags: Allegories, Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dutch people, Ethnic groups, Philosophers, Scientific instruments, Social sphere and everyday life

King Otto of Greece.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Books, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, History, Otto of Greece, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

A mufti.

Tags: Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Muftis, Quran, Religious practices, Shoes and footwear, Thrace, Turkey

A Mufti reading prayers at a Sultan's sarcophagus (türbe).

Tags: Books, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Mausoleums, Muftis, Portraits, Quran, Religious practices, Sarcophagi, Shoes and footwear, Thrace, Turkey

Decorative plate.

Tags: Books

Public scribes of the Ottoman state.

Tags: Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Furniture, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Professions, Scribes, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey, Writing tools

The tomb of Osman I in Bursa. Ottoman books, probably from one of the public libraries of Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Books, Bursa, Funerary monuments, Interiors, Istanbul, Libraries, Mausoleum of Osman I (Osman Gazi Türbesi), Mausoleums, Religious practices, Sultan Osman I / Osman Gazi, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey

The first four Caliphs, heirs of Prophet Muhammad, in chronological order: Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, Umar ibn al-Khattab, Uthman ibn Affan, Ali ibn Abi Talib.

Tags: Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Books, Caliphs, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Islam, Quran, Religious leaders, Religious practices, Umar ibn al-Khattab, Uthman ibn Affan

Title page of the first volume of the edition.

Tags: Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Title page, Turkey

The Library of the Grand duke of Tuscany in Florence.

Tags: Animals, Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Florence, Human types, Italy, Libraries, Travel, Tuscany

The Ottoman Sultan giving audience to the English Ambassador.

Tags: Ambassadors, Books, Britons, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Gifts, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey

Frenchmen observing the invocations of an Arab fortune-teller.

Tags: Arabs, Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, French, Human types, Oracles, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life

Insignia, astrolabe, weapons, a world sphere and a coat of arms.

Tags: Banners and standards, Books, Globes, Weapons

Composition of several items of equipment, necessary for travelling in the Mediterranean (books, navigational instruments, maps and barrels)..

Tags: Boats and ships, Books, Writing tools

Jacob Breuning and his companion Carlier de Pinon in traveling costumes during their return journey to Europe (from Tripoli in Lebanon to Marseille, France).

Tags: Author portraits, Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hans Jacob Breüning, Jean Carlier de Pinon, Portraits, Travel, Weapons

Frontispiece. Allegory of author's voyage.

Tags: Agricultural tools, Alexander Drummond, Architects, Architectural instruments, Art and antiquities, Athens, Author portraits, Boats and ships, Books, Cannons, Central Greece, Frontispieces, Greece, Musical instruments, Pausanias, Weapons, Women

Archimandrite.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Books, Central Greece, Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Furniture, Greece, Human types, Priests, Religious practices

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