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Otağ-ı Hümayun: the Ottoman imperial tent complex

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ISBN	9789756845059 (hbk.)
ISBN	9756845058 (hbk.)
Author	Atasoy, Nurhan 1934-
Title	Otağ-ı Hümayun : the Ottoman imperial tent complex / [by] Nurhan Atasoy
Publisher	Istanbul : MEPA, 2000
Physical desc.	304 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 30 x 32 cm
Note	In slip case.
Note	Ref. to CBL manuscripts: p. 16, n. 3 (T 413, f. 115b); p. 102, n. 5 (T 413, f. 116b)
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-297) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- The corps of imperial tent pitchers and tentmakers -- A documented tent typology -- By structure -- By style -- Çerge -- Oba -- Marquees -- By function -- The imperial tent complex -- The imperial tent complex: a mobile place -- Life in the imperial tent complex -- Tents and their structural characteristics -- Tents and architecture -- Subordinate components -- Basic elements -- Other tent units -- Service tents -- Tent textiles -- Ornamentation -- Furnishings -- Collections: Topkapı Palace Museum and Military Museum (Istanbul) -- Collections: Ottoman tents in Europe -- Poland -- Ukraine/Lvov -- Germany -- Austria -- Hungary -- Sweden -- Italy -- Tables: imperial tents documented.
Subject	Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- T 413
	Tents -- Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
	Embroidery, Ottoman -- History
	Textile fabrics -- Turkey -- History
	Art and state -- Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918

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