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Chaoush's official staff, surmounted by a silver head, formed like a Greek bishop's staff, from the two horns of which several little round bells are suspended by a silver chain.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Travel

Bedouin Arab.

Tags: Arabs, Bedouins, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types

African woman at the slave bazaar, Cairo.

Tags: Cairo, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Ethnic groups, Human types, Slave markets, Slaves, Women

A Kurd.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Kurds, Shoes and footwear, Weapons

Monastery of St. Paul, on Mount Athos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Greece, Macedonia, Monasteries, Mount Athos, Religious practices

Interior of the court of a Greek monastery.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Monasteries, Monks, Priests, Religious practices

View of the Great Monastery of Meteora, from the Monastery of Barlaam, with river Peneus in the distance.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Greece, Meteora, Monasteries, Monastery of Varlaam (Meteora), Pineios river, Religious practices, Rivers, Thessaly

Title page.

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Corinthian capital from Actia Nicopolis.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinthian order, Epirus, Greece, Nicopolis (Epirus), Plans and drawings

View and plan of the fortress of Aigosthena (Porto Germeno).

Tags: Aigosthena, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Attica, Castles and fortresses, Central Greece, Fortress of Aigosthena (Porto Germeno), Greece, Plans and drawings

Architectural features inlaid in the walls of the church of Panagia Gorgoepikoos and other churches in Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece

Funerary chambers on the slopes of Philopappos hill and Athenian vases.

Tags: Ancient pottery / Vase painting, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece

Funerary stelai.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece

Reconstruction of architectural features based on marble fragments.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Plans and drawings

Acroteria from ancient monuments.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece

Angular acroterion, found by Inwood in the court of a church near Areopagus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece

Sima and other roof ornaments inserted in Athenian houses.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece

Anthemion (palmette) from the Parthenon. Fragment from an Athenian house. Fragment of Corinthian capital from the Acropolis.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Corinthian order, Greece, Parthenon

Helix of Ionian capital from the Temple of Athena Nike.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Ionic order, Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)

Architectural features of the Erechtheion.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Erechtheion, Greece

Reconstruction of the interior of the Tower of the Winds in Athens. Details of antiquities.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens)

Sima over the entrance of the Erechtheion.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Erechtheion, Greece

Architectural feature of the Erechtheion.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Erechtheion, Greece

Architectural feature of the Erechtheion.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Erechtheion, Greece

The Erechtheion: Front elevation of the angular capitals of the columns to the side portico.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Columns / Pillars, Erechtheion, Greece, Ionic order

Reconstruction of the Erechtheion. View from the northwest.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Erechtheion, Greece

Plan of the Erechtheion.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Erechtheion, Greece

The Erechtheion: Elevation of the western front of the temple in 1819.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Erechtheion, Greece

Title page.

Tags: Title page

Women's costume from Chios, 1819. Original water-colour in author's collection.

Tags: Aegean islands, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Women's costume from Chios, 1815-1821. Original water-colour in author's collection.

Tags: Aegean islands, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Costumes from Volissos, Chios. Original gouache in author's collection.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Houses, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Social sphere and everyday life, Volissos, Women

Women's working costume from Pityós, Chios, 1822-1866. Illustration published by A. Karavas; drawing by Phrixus Aristefs, in author's collection.

Tags: Aegean islands, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Pityos, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Costumes from Nenitouria, Chios. Original gouache in author's collection.

Tags: Aegean islands, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Nenitouria (Chios), Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Parts of female costume from Kambia, Chios: Borkí or Sakkáki (bodice), Podhiá (apron), Skouphaki or Pikái (cap). Kontomántilo (headscarf).

Tags: Aegean islands, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Kambia (Chios), Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Costumes from Kambia, Chios. Original gouache in author's collection.

Tags: Aegean islands, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Kambia (Chios), Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Costumes from Kourounia, Chios. Original gouache in author's collection.

Tags: Aegean islands, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Courounia (Chios), Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Costumes from Viki, Chios. Original gouache in author's collection.

Tags: Aegean islands, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Social sphere and everyday life, Viki (Chios), Women

Costumes from Amades, Chios. Original gouache in author's collection.

Tags: Aegean islands, Amades (game), Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Men's costumes from Kardamyla, Chios. Illustration published by A. Karavas; drawing by Phrixus Aristefs, in author's collection.

Tags: Aegean islands, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Houses, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Kardamyla (Chios), Social sphere and everyday life, Windmills

Women's costume from Kardamyla, Chios. Illustration published by A. Karavas; drawing by Phrixus Aristefs, in author's collection.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Houses, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Kardamyla (Chios), Social sphere and everyday life, Windmills, Women

Costumes from Agios Georgios Sykousis, Chios. Original gouache in author's collection.

Tags: Aegean islands, Agios Georgios Sykousis (Chios), Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Mills, Social sphere and everyday life, Windmills, Women

Costumes from Lithi, Chios. Original gouache in author's collection.

Tags: Aegean islands, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Lithi (Chios), Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Costumes from Vessa, Chios. Original gouache in author's collection.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Social sphere and everyday life, Vessa (Chios), Women

Costumes from Elata, Chios. Original gouache in author's collection.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Firs, Greece, Greeks, Houses, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Parts of women's headwear from Mesta, Chios. Stroungí (rigid cap), Skoúphia (cap), Tsambéri (headscarf), Babazína (headscarf). Karkovelónes (hairpins).

Tags: Aegean islands, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Mesta (Chios), Social sphere and everyday life

Costumes from Mesta, Chios. Original gouache in author's collection.

Tags: Aegean islands, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Houses, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Mesta (Chios), Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Women's working costumes from Olympoi, Chios (1822-1866). Illustration published by A. Karavas; drawing by Phrixus Aristefs, in author's collection.

Tags: Aegean islands, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Olympoi (Chios), Social sphere and everyday life, Wells, Women

Women's costumes from Olympoi, Chios. Original gouache in author's collection.

Tags: Aegean islands, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Olympoi (Chios), Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Women's working costume from Pyrgi, 1822-1866. Illustration published by A. Karavas; drawing by Phrixus Aristefs, in author's collection.

Tags: Aegean islands, Agricultural tools, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Pyrgi (Chios), Social sphere and everyday life, Women

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