Travellers in Ottoman lands : the botanical legacy /

Travellers in Ottoman lands : the botanical legacy /

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Other Authors: Aščerić-Todd, Ines (Editor), Knees, Sabina (Editor), Starkey, Janet, 1948- (Editor), Starkey, Paul, 1947- (Editor)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Oxford : ASTENE : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd., [2018].

Series: Archaeopress archaeology.

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Botany > Turkey > History > Congresses.
Botany > Middle East > History > Congresses.
Botany > Egypt > History > Congresses.
Botany > Balkan Peninsula > History > Congresses.
Botany > Arabian Peninsula > History > Congresses.
Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 > Congresses.

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Call Number: QK376 .T73 2018

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Table of Contents:
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  • 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 /
  • 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 /
  • 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 ̀Prophet's eggs': Turkish needle lace flowers between decoration and non-verbal communication /
  • Kathrin Muller.