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Enrollment office of the Ottoman army in Thessaloniki at the time of Herzegovina uprising. From Le Monde Illustré, 1876.

Public deposition of three high-ranking administrative officials of Thessaloniki on 21 August 1876, following the murder of the consuls. From Le Monde Illustré, 1876.

Religious procession near Hatzi Mehmet fountain in Thessaloniki, c. 1875.

Priest and other men from Crete.

The Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller and other knights of the order in Rhodes.

Meteora.

Portrait of archbishop Germanos of Old Patras.

Greek bishop.

Priest from Mendenitsa.

The entrance to the monastery of Saint Nicholas in Curtea de Argeș, Romania.

Memorial service on Saturday of the Souls, Athens.

A Greek bishop. Excerpt from a poem by Henry Gally Knight.

Agios Markos square, Zakynthos island

Town and harbour of Zakynthos. Depiction of fishing activities.

1. The entrance to the grotto of Sibyl, today Church of Saint John the Baptist in Marsala, Sicily. 2. Plan of the Sibyl's Cave. 3. Mosaic from the same grotto.

Headwear of priest in the Ottoman empire.

Dinner at Crisso, near Delphi, in the house of the bishop of Salona.

Gathering of devout Muslims at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the first stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: the faithful praise God and Prophet Muhammad.

The dance of the dervishes at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the final stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: The two main dancers whirl while holding each other by the sash. In green, wearing a white turban, the Sheich or head of the Dervishes, who animates the dancers with his voice and by playing the tambour.