TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aščerić-Todd,Ines
AU  - Knees,Sabina
AU  - Starkey,Janet
AU  - Starkey,Paul
ED  - Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East,
ED  - Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh,
TI  - Travellers in Ottoman lands: the botanical legacy 
T2  - Archaeopress archaeology
SN  - 1784919152
AV  - QK376 .T73 2018
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Oxford
PB  - ASTENE, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd.
KW  - Botany
KW  - Turkey
KW  - History
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Balkan Peninsula
KW  - Arabian Peninsula
KW  - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
N1  - "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, Edinbugh. This multi-disciplinary event formed part of the Ottoman Horizons festival held in Edinburgh in 2017 ..."--Back cover; Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note; 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 Isin --; 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 `stalk' 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
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