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Travellers in Ottoman Lands - The Botanical Legacy (Paperback)
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Travellers in Ottoman Lands - The Botanical Legacy (Paperback)
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This collection of around twenty papers has its origins in a
two-day seminar organised by the Association for the Study of
Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE) in conjunction with the
Centre for Middle Eastern Plants at the Royal Botanic Garden,
Edinburgh (RBGE), with additional support from Cornucopia magazine
and the Turkish Consulate General, Edinburgh. This
multi-disciplinary event formed part of the Ottoman Horizons
festival held in Edinburgh in 2017 and attracted a wide range of
participants from around the world, including several from Turkey
and other parts of the Middle East. This splendidly illustrated
book focuses on the botanical legacy of many parts of the former
Ottoman Empire - including present-day Turkey, the Levant, Egypt,
the Balkans, and the Arabian Peninsula - as seen and described by
travellers both from within and from outside the region. The papers
cover a wide variety of subjects, including Ottoman garden design
and architecture; the flora of the region, especially bulbs and
their cultural significance; literary, pictorial and photographic
depictions of the botany and horticulture of the Ottoman lands;
floral and related motifs in Ottoman art; culinary and medicinal
aspects of the botanical heritage; and efforts related to
conservation.
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