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Picturing history at the Ottoman court /

The Ottoman court of the late 16th century produced an unprecedented number of sumptuously illustrated chronicles. While usually dismissed as imperial eulogies, Emine Fetvaci demonstrates that these books commented on contemporary events, promoted the political agendas of courtiers as well as the su...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fetvacı, Emine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Circulation, audience, and the creation of a shared court culture
  • Making books at the Ottoman court
  • Sokollu Mehmed Pasha and the illustrated Ottoman histories
  • Chief Black Eunuch Mehmed Agha: negotiating the sultanic image
  • In the image of a military ruler
  • A Venetian Ottomanized: Chief White Eunuch Gazanfer Agha and his artistic patronage.