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An Introduction to the Arcadian Library: Sharing the History of Scientific and Cultural Transfer between East and West

The Arcadian Library

The Arcadian Library

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...The Arcadian Library, from its very inception, has always been more than a private collection. Its acquisition policy has always been secondary to its ethical mission—to facilitate peaceful dialogue between East and West. In a tense age...

Lady Hester Stanhope

Penelope Turson

Penelope Turson

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...Lady Hester Stanhope, who arrived in Istanbul in 1810, perpetuated the tradition of the well-connected, pre-Victorian, aristocratic traveller, elevating the role to new levels of eccentricity. Stanhope’s unconventional life has been...

An overview of British provenance of works in the Ottoman collection of the Arcadian Library

Giles Mandelbrote

Giles Mandelbrote

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...Much of the Arcadian Library has been assembled through the acquisition of the libraries of earlier collectors. Without the earlier curation work of individuals such as Şefik E. Atabey, Richard Heber and Peter Hopkirk, the Arcadian Library...

‘Turcica’: An Introduction to European writings on the Ottoman Empire

Alistair Hamilton

Alistair Hamilton

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...European writings on the Ottoman Empire fall into two main categories. On the one hand the Turk was seen as the enemy and was feared accordingly, and on the other the Ottoman world inspired immense curiosity. The Arcadian Library is home...

The Role of Religion in European–Ottoman Relations

Dr. F. Özden Mercan

Dr. F. Özden Mercan

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...The Arcadian Library contains a rich collection of sources that reveal European perceptions of the Ottoman Empire as oscillating between a rigid view of Ottomans as the infidel foe and enemy of Christianity and a more realistic and balanced...

Introduction: European-Ottoman relations

Alistair Hamilton

Alistair Hamilton

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...The Ottoman Empire is one of the longest enduring empires in history. During its golden era in fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, most of the Arab world, together with a sizeable part of Eastern Europe, had been incorporated into its...

The visual depiction of Ottoman culture in the works by European diplomats to the Ottoman Empire

Talitha Maria G. Schepers

Talitha Maria G. Schepers

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...The Arcadian Library’s collection contains unique and fascinating visual depictions of Ottoman culture in works by European diplomats. Ranging from propaganda pamphlets that depict the Ottomans as enemies of Christianity to publications...