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Mosque in Tajura, Libya.

Map of Mount Athos. Map of Aghios Efstratios, (Gennadius Library).

Scene in Ottoman mosque. On the rite, Ottomans cleansing themselves before entering the mosque. On the left a religious teacher with his disciples.

Circumcision.

Ottomans slaughtering a lamb in preparation for the Bayram.

Exorcisms and torture on apostates and fugitives.

Map of Jerusalem, showing the main sights of the city and the position of Solomon's temple.

Map of part of Jerusalem with the main sights. A designates the Cenacle.

Plan of the Church of the Dormition of the Virgin in Jerusalem.

The Church of the Dormition of the Virgin in Jerusalem.

Map of part of Jerusalem, showing some of the main sights in the area. A designates the Cenacle, D the site of Akeldama.

Plans of Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem.

View of Ecce Homo Church in Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem.

View of the complex of Eleona Basilica or Pater Noster Church on Mount of Olives, Jerusalem. View of the Chapel of the Ascension in the same complex.

The two chapels of Golgotha in the Temple of the Holy Sepulchre

View of Golgotha in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.

View and plans of the Holy Sepulchre.

View of Mar Elias monastery, on the road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem.

Rachel's tomb on the outskirts of Bethlehem.

The Cave of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

Saint Jerome.

The march of the Sultan from the Palace to the mosque on the day of Bayram. Frontispiece of the first volume: The march of Ottoman officials.

The march of the Sultan from the Palace to the mosque on the day of Bayram. Frontispiece of the second volume: The departure of the Sultan from the Palace.

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.