Johann Michael Wansleben's Travels in Turkey, 1673-1676: An Annotated Edition of His French Report

261 Pages·2023·9.578 MB·English

by  Alastair Hamilton, Maurits Van Den Boogert

Johann Michael Wansleben’s Travels in Turkey, 1673–1676
The History of Oriental Studies
Editors
Alastair Hamilton (University of London)
Jan Loop (University of Copenhagen)
Advisory Board
Thomas Burman (Notre Dame)
Charles Burnett (London)
Bernard Heyberger (Paris)
Noel Malcolm (Oxford)
Francis Richard (Paris)
Jan Schmidt (Leiden)
Arnoud Vrolijk (Leiden)
Joanna Weinberg (Oxford)
VOLUME 13
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Johann Michael Wansleben’s
Travels in Turkey, 1673–1676
An Annotated Edition of His French Report
Edited by
Alastair Hamilton
with
Maurits van den Boogert
LEIDEN | BOSTON
Cover image: Detail of a plan of the Blue Mosque. From: Relation nouvelle d’un voyage de Constantinople –
enrichie de plans levez par l’auteur sur les lieux, et des figures de tout ce qu’il y a de plus remarquable dans cette
ville by G.-J. Grelot (1680).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Wansleben, Johann Michael, 1635–1679, author. | Hamilton, Alastair,
editor, writer of supplementary material. | Boogert, Maurits H. van den,
editor, writer of supplementary material. | Wansleben, Johann Michael,
1635–1679. Nouvelle relation en forme de iournal, d’vn voyage fait en
Egypte. Selections. | Bibliothèque nationale de France. Manuscript. NAF 4193.
Title: Johann Michael Wansleben’s travels in Turkey, 1673–1676 : an
annotated edition of his French report / edited by Alastair Hamilton,
Maurits van den Boogert.
Other titles: Turkish journal
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023] | Series: The history of
Oriental studies, 2405–4488 ; volume 13 | The journal continued in a
French manuscript at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS n.a.f
4193. Far shorter than the Egyptian journal, the Turkish journal covers
his travels in Turkey and the Greek Archipelago from 1673 to his return
to France in 1676—Galley. | Includes bibliographical references and
index. | Text in French, with introduction, appendices, and notes in English.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022049739 (print) | LCCN 2022049740 (ebook) | ISBN
9789004435742 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004435810 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Wansleben, Johann Michael, 1635–1679—Travel—Turkey. |
Wansleben, Johann Michael, 1635–1679—Travel—Greece. |
Turkey—Description and travel—Early works to 1800. |
Greece—Description and travel—Early works to 1800.
Classification: LCC DR424 .W36 2023 (print) | LCC DR424 (ebook) | DDC
915.6104/153—dc23/eng/20221025
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Contents
Acknowledgements vii
List of Figures viii
Abbreviations x
Introduction 1
The Turkish Journal 33
Appendix 1: Haraç Collection in Istanbul 207
Appendix 2: Prostitution in Izmir 211
Appendix 3: Protocol and Precedence 213
Appendix 4: The Monetary System 216
Appendix 5: Jean Foy-Vaillant’s Description of Bursa, 1670 219
Appendix 6: Westerners Entering Mosques in Istanbul 223
Bibliography 227
Index 239

Acknowledgements
For the preparation of this edition we benefited from the help of many scholars.
Our particular thanks are due to Bernard Heyberger and Georges Koutzakiotis,
who provided us with invaluable information and corrections to our text. We
would also like to thank Tedros Abraha, Wadi Awad, John-Paul Ghobrial, Sarah
Hutton, Gábor Kármán, Vassa Kontouma, Jill Kraye, Jan Loop, Noel Malcolm,
Bartolomeo Pirone, Giovanni Pizzorusso, Cesare Santus, Marinos Sariyannis,
Emma Spary, Yorgos Tzedopoulos, Arnoud Vrolijk and Joanna Weinberg.
Figures
1 Title page, fol. 1r of Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS NAF 4193 29
2 Fair copy. Fols. 109v–110r of Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS NAF 4193 30
3 Rough copy. Fol. 11r of Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS NAF 4193 31
4 Wansleben’s Levant 32
5 Turkish vessels (saics and cimbers). Gerard Hinlopen, Verscheyde voyagien
naar diverse coninck-rycken, landen, en steden soo nu als dan door mij Gerard
Hinlopen gedaan, Amsterdam University Library, MS VIII E-15 i–xi 35
6 Chios Island and port, Greece, 17th century. Museo Navale, Pegli, Italy 50
7 Chios, female headdress. Nicolas de Nicolay, Les navigations, after p. 52 64
8 Smyrna. Cornelis de Bruyn, Voyage au Levant (Paris, 1714), between pp. 24
and 25 70
9 Sir John Finch. Portrait by Peter Lely (1618–1680), Christ’s College, University of
Cambridge, UK 75
10 Sir Paul Rycaut. Portrait by Peter Lely, c.1679. The National Portrait Gallery,
London, UK 76
11 Aqueduct near Smyrna, c.1750. Drawn by J.S. Müller after the author’s original
sketch. Alexander Drummond, Travels through different Cities of Germany, Italy,
Greece, and several Parts of Asia (London, 1754), p. 115 82
12 Sir Thomas Baines. Portrait by Carlo Dolci (1616–1686), painted between 1665
and 1670. The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK 88
13 The Hellespont, Seddülbahir. Gerard Hinlopen, Verscheyde voyagien 89
14 Kara Mustapha Pasha, 1696 (?). Portrait by an unknown artist. Wien Museum,
Austria, inv. nr. 31.033 104
15 The Seven Towers fortress (Yedikule). Cornelis de Bruyn, Voyage au Levant
(Paris, 1714) 109
16 Pompey’s Pillar, Bosphorus. Gerard Hinlopen, Verscheyde voyagien 113
17 Column of Arcadius. Gerard Hinlopen, Verscheyde voyagien 116
18 Obelisk of Theodosius. Photograph 22 May 1862. Royal Collection Trust UK 120
19 The Serpentine Pillar, the Porphyry Pillar, and the Pillar of Emperor Marcian.
George Wheler, A Journey into Greece (London, 1682), p. 185 121
20 Sultan Ahmed’s Mosque (‘Blue Mosque’). Eberhard Werner Happel, Thesaurus
Exoticum (Hamburg, 1688), p. 240 122
21 The new mosque or Sultan Ahmed’s mosque. Wheler, A Journey into Greece
(London, 1682), p. 186 123
22 Great Mosque of Bursa (Ulu Cami). View from the slopes of Uludağ.
Nineteenth-century engraving, Edouard Charton, Le Tour du Monde (1864) 132
Figures ix
23 View of Bursa from the Ankara road. Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Relation d’un
voyage du Levant, vol. 2 (Paris, 1717), p. 468 140
24 View of Bursa from Mount Olympus. Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Relation d’un
voyage du Levant, vol. 2 (Paris, 1717), p. 468 141
25 Column of Constantine. Istanbul: the column of Constantine and the street
Yeniçeriler Caddesi. Engraving attributed to D. Pronti after W. Reveley
(1760–1799), c.1800. The Wellcome Collection 2143449i 147
26 Tefkur Sarayı, Istanbul. Photograph by Sebah & Joaillier, 1885 148
27 Fortress of Bozcaada/Tenedos. Gerard Hinlopen, Verscheyde voyagien 168
28 Fortress of Kilitbahir (top drawing). Gerard Hinlopen, Verscheyde voyagien 173
29 Gallipoli. De Bruyn, Voyage au Levant (Paris, 1714) 175
30 The Marquis de Nointel enters Jerusalem. Painting by Arnould de Veuz, 1674,
4 Rue de Marginan, Paris, France 188
31 ‘Porta Suda Paleo in Candia’, by Jan Peeters the Elder and Lucas Vorsterman,
published Antwerp, c.1680 194
32 ‘De kerk de Solimanie genaamt’ (‘the church called Süleymaniyye’). Gerard
Hinlopen, Verscheyde voyagien 226