Abydos (20 Subjects)
View of the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara. In the foreground the New Castles of Europe and Asia, none of which is preserved today, as well as Sultaniye Castle and Kilitbahir Castle on the European and Asian shores accordingly. In the background Istanbul, and Mount Uludag.
The castles Sultaniye (on the left) and Kilitbahir (on the right) on the European and Asiatic shores of the Dardanelles accordingly.
Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "The Bride of Abydos": Ottoman prince with Greek slave in the Harem.
Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "The Bride of Abydos": Ottoman prince with odalisque in the Harem .
Composition of scenes from the rise and fall of Sabbatai Zevi, the rabi who claimed to be the Messiah of the Jews until he was forced to convert to Islam by the Ottoman Sultan (17th century). Sabbatai Zevi claims to be the Messiah. Sabbatai Zevi enthroned by his followers. Ottoman soldiers arrest Sabbatai Zevi in the Dardanelles. From: J. Chr. Wagner, Delineatio Provinciarum Pannoniae et Imperii Turcici in Oriente, Augsburg, 1684.
Ancient coins from Zakynthos (1), Abydos (2), Izmir (3), Thyateira (4), Roman coins of emperors Commodus and Caracalla from Patras (5,6), coins from Delphi (7) and Sicyon (8).
