Travellers in Ottoman lands : the botanical legacy /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Aščerić-Todd, Ines (Editor), Knees, Sabina (Editor), Starkey, Janet, 1948- (Editor), Starkey, Paul, 1947- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK : ASTENE : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd., [2018]
Series:Archaeopress archaeology.
Subjects:
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