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collecting is only humanist
The great books of Greece and Rome were written down between 800 B.C. and A.D. 450. They were first printed and disseminated only after A.D. 1450. Once printed, they were likely to survive only because they were so good or … Continue reading
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Tagged Bibliothea Corviniana, Flavius Josephus, Froissart Chronicles, Grand Seraglio Istanbul, Homer Iliad, Janos Vitez, Janus Pannonius, jean fouquet, Jean Froissart Chronicles, King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, King Matthias of Hungary, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Niccolo Niccoli, Ottoman Empire European Wars, Petrarca Trionfi, poggio bracciolini
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suspicious minds
Good to walk around with a mirror just to see who may be sneaking up on you. Hard to find a Sultan who wasn’t suspicious and didn’t keep a food tester on the payroll. And lets not talk about the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aya Sofia mosque, Conquest of Constantinople, Fabbi Fabbio, Gentile Bellini, Grand Seraglio Istanbul, Hagia Sophia church, Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant, Jean Leon Gerome, Jean-Claude Flachat, john frederick lewis, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Lord Baltimore, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Ottaviano Bon, Selim III sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, Valide Sultans
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royal etiquette: eye of the Sultan
His Majesty’s seamy service.Throne Room Without and Within. Modern Turkish history contains much to be proud of, but it was preceded by a long and unbroken seamy past of plots hatched and destinies decided within the walls of the Grand … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahmed I and Mustafa, Anton Hickel, Charles II England, Grand Seraglio Istanbul, Jean Leon Gerome, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Lord Baltimore, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Murad III Sultan, Mustafa the cage, Selim III sultan
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wild and wooly: oh effendi!
the Turks. The young turks,the old turks, they were all wild; from the quiet tranquility of the garden to the live action slicing and dicing of the human body, there was rarely a dull moment in the Ottoman Turkish empire. … Continue reading
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Tagged 10cc sheet music, eric stewart 10cc, Evliya Effendi, Grand Seraglio, Grand Seraglio Istanbul, hatice Muazzez Sultan, Ibrahim Ottoman Sultan, Jean Chartier illustration, Jean Froissart Chronicles, kevin godley, Kiusem Queen Mother Ottoman Sultan, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Murad IV Ottoman Sultan, Osman and Mustafa, Ottoman Empire, Siege of Constantinople, Sultan Osman, the 10cc fan club
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absolute bliss and the grand seraglio
Within its walls, the Turkish sultans sought the answer to an ancient question: Can absolute power bring absolute bliss? …. The Grand Seraglio in Instanbul. Until 1852 this was the Sultans’ residence, a palace known in the West as the … Continue reading
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Tagged Duchess of Marlborough, Grand Seraglio Harem, Grand Seraglio Istanbul, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Michel Baudier, Mozart abduction from the grand seraglio, Ottaviano Bon, Paul-Louis Bouchard, Sir Paul Rycaut
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