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Inscription from Bursa.
Inscription from Thyateira.
Inscription from Thyateira (today Akhisar), Asia Minor.
Inscription from Thyateira (today Akhisar), Asia Minor.
Inscription from Thyateira (today Akhisar), Asia Minor.
Inscription from Smyrna.
Inscription from Ephesus.
Inscription from Pergamon.
Inscription from Laodicea, Asia Minor.
Inscription from Philadelphia, Asia Minor.
Inscription from Miletus, Asia Minor.
Engraved amethyst bought by French traveller Le Thou in Asia Minor. It shows Archangel Michael, combining elements from several religious traditions.
Roman coin of Emperor Otho. Ancient coin from Lesbos island. Ancient coins from Tinos island.
Ancient coins from Zakynthos (1), Abydos (2), Izmir (3), Thyateira (4), Roman coins of emperors Commodus and Caracalla from Patras (5,6), coins from Delphi (7) and Sicyon (8).
Ancient coins from Thyateira (1), Izmir (2), Ephesus (3), Pergamon (4), Laodicea (5), Philadelphia (6), Sardes (7) and Magnesia (8).
The Sultan rides to the mosque for the customary Friday prayer, escorted by his suite.
Jacob Spon and George Wheler at Izmir. Panoramic view of the city.
The ruins of ancient Ephesus. Jacob Spon and George Wheler reading an ancient inscription.
Title page of the first volume of the edition.
Muslim man performing ritual ablution before prayer.
Scene at a public bath, possibly in Istanbul.
Open-air praying site; such sites existed on all big commercial routes in the Ottoman Empire.
View of the central nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.
Muslim children in their circumcision costume. Animals destined to be sacrificed on the day of Kurban Bayram.
Rites of passage in the Muslim cemetery of Eyüp, Istanbul.
Official prayer to celebrate the Birth of Prophet Muhammad (Mawlid) in the presence of the Sultan and other supreme officials, at the mosque of Sultan Ahmed, Istanbul.
Hagia Sophia, Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I (Blue Mosque) and Laleli Mosque, Istanbul.
The public library of Sultan Abdul Hamid I in Istanbul.
The public library of Grand Vizier Recip Paşa in Istanbul.
The tomb of Valide Sultan Turhan Hatice, mother of Mehmed IV at the mosque of Valide Sultan or New Mosque (Yeni Camii) in Eminönü, Istanbul.