TY - BOOK AU - Aščerić-Todd,Ines AU - Knees,Sabina AU - Starkey,Janet AU - Starkey,Paul ED - Archaeopress, TI - Travellers in Ottoman lands: the botanical legacy T2 - Archaeopress archaeology SN - 1784919160 AV - QK376 .T73 2018 U1 - 580.956 23 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 - Plants KW - Travelers KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Travel KW - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 KW - Description and travel KW - Electronic books KW - Conference papers and proceedings N1 - Previously issued in print: 2018; Includes index; Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service; 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 `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; Specialized N2 - This splendidly illustrated work 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2935357 ER -