Travellers in Ottoman Lands

The Botanical Legacy

Ines Asceric-Todd, Sabina Knees, Janet Starkey, Paul Starkey, Ines Asceric-Todd, Sabina Knees, Janet Starkey, Paul Starkey

• Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9781784919153
• eBook ISBN:
  9781784919160
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Archaeology
• Index: Biological Sciences

This collection of around twenty papers has its origins in a two-day seminar organised by the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE) in conjunction with the Centre for Middle Eastern Plants at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (RBGE), with additional support from Cornucopia magazine and the Turkish Consulate General, Edinburgh. This multi-disciplinary event formed part of the Ottoman Horizons festival held in Edinburgh in 2017 and attracted a wide range of participants from around the world, including several from Turkey and other parts of the Middle East. This splendidly illustrated book focuses on the botanical legacy of many parts of the former Ottoman Empire — including present-day Turkey, the Levant, Egypt, the Balkans, and the Arabian Peninsula — as seen and described by travellers both from within and from outside the region. The papers cover a wide variety of subjects, including Ottoman garden design and architecture; the flora of the region, especially bulbs and their cultural significance; literary, pictorial and photographic depictions of the botany and horticulture of the Ottoman lands; floral and related motifs in Ottoman art; culinary and medicinal aspects of the botanical heritage; and efforts related to conservation.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Previous volumes published from ASTENE Conferences
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• In memory of Irene Linning
• Contents Page
• List of Figures
• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction to Travellers in Ottoman Lands: The Botanical Legacy
• Acknowledgements
• Map 1. An engraved map of the Ottoman Empire and coloured by hand and engraved by Frans Hogenberg. It is map no. 50 in Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Anvers, 1602, updated from the Antwerp 1570 edition), the atlas by Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) called (Muzeul
• The Ottoman Empire: an introduction to its history and heritage
• The Ottoman Empire: an introduction to its history and heritage
• Presenting and re-presenting Ottoman imperial gardens in manuscript illustrations:
• Presenting and re-presenting Ottoman imperial gardens in manuscript illustrations:
• Gardens of Istanbul in Persian hajj travelogues
• Gardens of Istanbul in Persian hajj travelogues
• The public space of the Bakewell Ottoman Garden
• The public space of the Bakewell Ottoman Garden
• Dioscorides’ legacy: a classical precursor to travellers in Ottoman lands
• Dioscorides’ legacy: a classical precursor to travellers in Ottoman lands
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• Botanical explorations by Frederik Hasselquist (1749–1752) and Pehr Forsskål (1761–1763):
• Linné’s apostles in the Holy Land
• Tobias Mörike
• From Ottoman Aleppo to Edinburgh:
• From Ottoman Aleppo to Edinburgh:
• Figure 1. A portrait of Carl Haussknecht, 1892 (archive of the Herbarium Haussknecht, Friedrich Schiller University Jena [FSU Jena]).
• 10
• In honour of Professor Asuman Baytop (1920–2015): a tribute
• On Georges Vincent Aznavour,
• On Georges Vincent Aznavour,
• Violet Dickson, Umm Saud, the last grande dame of Arabia
• Violet Dickson, Umm Saud, the last grande dame of Arabia
• Bulbs of the Holy Land: diversity, conservation, and cultivation
• Bulbs of the Holy Land: diversity, conservation, and cultivation
• George Maw (1832–1912):
• George Maw (1832–1912):
• Decline of the conifers in former Ottoman lands
• Decline of the conifers in former Ottoman lands
• The cedars of Lebanon in literature and art
• The cedars of Lebanon in literature and art
• Botanical art in Turkey from past to present
• Botanical art in Turkey from past to present
• The interpretation of Ottoman garden culture through miniatures
• The interpretation of Ottoman garden culture through miniatures
• Richly decorated textiles and Ottoman court dress
• Richly decorated textiles and Ottoman court dress
• Taking ‘stalk’ of Turkey red in Ottoman flora, fabric, and fibre
• Taking ‘stalk’ of Turkey red in Ottoman flora, fabric, and fibre
• Roses, carnations, and ‘Prophet’s eggs’:
• Roses, carnations, and ‘Prophet’s eggs’:
• Contributors
• Contributors to Travellers in Ottoman Lands: