Travellers in Ottoman lands : the botanical legacy /
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford, UK :
ASTENE : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd.,
[2018]
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| Series: | Archaeopress archaeology.
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Table of Contents:
- The Ottoman Empire
- 1. The Ottoman Empire: an introduction to its history and heritage, / Ines Asceric-Todd
- The Ottoman garden
- 2. Presenting and re-presenting Ottoman imperial gardens in manuscript illustrations: the case of the Oxford Dilsuznamah, dated AH 860/AD 1455-1456, Edirne, / Susan Scollay
- 3. Ottoman fruit cultivation as reflected in Evliya Celebi's Book of Travels, / Priscilla Mary Ism
- 4. Gardens of Istanbul in Persian hajj travelogues, / Gullu Yildiz
- 5. The public space of the Bakewell Ottoman Garden, / Radha Dalal
- Botanist-travellers
- 6. Dioscorides' legacy: a classical precursor to travellers in Ottoman lands, / Alison Denham
- 7. Botanical explorations by Frederik Hasselquist (1749-1752) and Pehr Forsskal (1761-1763): Linne's apostles in the Holy Land, / Tobias Morike
- 8. From Ottoman Aleppo to Edinburgh: the botanical legacies of Adam Freer MD and his colleagues, / Janet Starkey
- 9. The botanist Carl Haussknecht (1838-1903) in the Ottoman Empire and Persia (1865 and 1866-1869): a biographical sketch and itinerary of his expeditions, / Frank H. Hellwig & Kristin Victor
- 10. In honour of Professor Asuman Baytop (1920-2015): a tribute
- On Georges Vincent Aznavour, the last Ottoman plant collector and his herbarium held in Robert College (Istanbul), Turkey, / Necmi Aksoy
- 11. Violet Dickson, Umm Saud, the last grande dame of Arabia, / Irene Linning
- Bulbs and conifers
- 12. Bulbs of the Holy Land: diversity, conservation, and cultivation, / Ori Fragman-Sapir
- 13. George Maw (1832-1912): his Crocus monograph, travels, and correspondents from the Ottoman Empire, / Alison Rix
- 14. Decline of the conifers in former Ottoman lands, / Martin gardner & Sabina Knees
- 15. The cedars of Lebanon in literature and art, / Paul Starkey
- Art and botany
- 16. Botanical art in Turkey from past to present, / Gulnur Eksi
- 17. The interpretation of Ottoman garden culture through miniatures, / Giirsan Ergil
- 18. Richly decorated textiles and Ottoman court dress, / Jennifer Scarce
- 19. Taking s̀talk' of Turkey red in Ottoman flora, fabric, and fibre, / Lara Mehling
- 20. Roses, carnations, and P̀rophet's eggs': Turkish needle lace flowers between decoration and non-verbal communication, / Gerard J. Maizou & Kathrin Muller