The Sultan's seraglio : an intimate portrait of life at the Ottoman court (from the seventeenth-century edition of John Withers)

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The Sultan's seraglio : an intimate portrait of life at the Ottoman court (from the seventeenth-century edition of John Withers)

Ottaviano Bon ; introduced and annotated by Godfrey Goodwin

Saqi, 1996

  • : hard
  • : pbk

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巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780863560460

内容説明

From 1604 to 1607, Ottaviano Bon was the Venetian representative to Istanbul where he recorded every aspect of life at the Topkapi Palace. The result was published under the title, "The Sultan's Seraglio", and it provides an account of the period of Ahmet I. It covers such topics as: life in the harem; the exchange of gifts between Turkish and Western dignitaries; the menu at official state banquets; the buying of slaves in the weekly slave market; and the great religious festivals and circumcision ceremonies. All the various Ottoman hierarchy are described in great detail, including the viziers, the aghas and the "itchoglans", as also are the mutes and the clowns who were the Sultan's constant companions and accompanied him on boat trips down the Bosphorus to his palaces and gardens.
巻冊次

: hard ISBN 9780863562150

内容説明

From 1604 to 1607, Ottaviano Bon was the Venetian representative to Istanbul where he recorded every aspect of life at the Topkapi Palace. The result was published under the title, "The Sultan's Seraglio", and it provides an account of the period of Ahmet I. It covers such topics as: life in the harem; the menu at official state banquets; the buying of slaves in the weekly slave market; and the circumcision ceremonies. All the various Ottoman hierarchy are described in great detail, including the viziers, the aghas and the "itchoglans", as also are the mutes and the clowns who were the Sultan's constant companions. Godfrey Goodwin is the author of "The Janissaries" and "Sinan: Ottoman Architecture and its Values Today".

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