Istanbul Collection

The Piri Reis world map, 1513. Artist: Piri Reis (1470-1553)
The Piri Reis world map, 1513. Found in the collection of the Topkapı Palace, Istanbul

Akkadian inscription on a brick-stamp of baked clay
Inscription in Akkadian on a brick-stamp of baked clay of King Sarkali-Sarri of the Akkadian dynasty, from Nippur. from the Archaeological Museums collection, Istanbul

Throne of the Byzantine Emperors, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Throne of the Byzantine Emperors, 1890. The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the beginning of the Byzantine Empire with the first Roman Emperor being Constantine the Great

Mongols Catapult (trebuchet), from the Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices). Found in the Collection of the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul

The Omayyad Caliphate v. Byzantine Empire, circa 748 A.D. c1915

Black Sea: Bosphorus and Dardanelles, c1914, (c1920). Creator: John Bartholomew & Son
Black Sea: Bosphorus and Dardanelles, c1914, (c1920)

Constantinople, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Constantinople, 1890. Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire (330-395), Byzantine Empire (395-1204 and 1261-1453), and a Crusader state known as the Latin Empire (1204-1261)

Storming of Constantinople by Baldwin, Count of Flanders, (1204), 1890. Creator: Unknown
Storming of Constantinople by Baldwin, Count of Flanders, (1204), 1890

Triumph of Heraclius at Constantinople, (629AD), 1890. Creator: Unknown
Triumph of Heraclius at Constantinople, (629AD) 1890

The Final Assault on Constantinople, (29 May 1453), 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Final Assault on Constantinople, (29 May 1453), 1890

Constantinople, or the final greed of the Huns, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Constantinople, or the final greed of the Huns, 1915. Constantinople, Ou La Derniere Convoitise Du Boche. Oui!...mais il y a des baionnettes sur le chemin!

Relief orthostat depicting a chariot from Sam'al, 9th century BC. Found in the Collection of the Archaeological Museum, Istanbul

From the album Sultan Ahmed I. c.1616-1618. Creator: Turkish Master
From the album Sultan Ahmed I. c.1616-1618. Found in the Collection of the Topkapi-Palast, Istanbul

Sultan Osman II goes to war against Poland-Lithuania, from Sehname-i Nadiri (Library of the Topkapi Palace Museum, H. 1124), c.1622. Found in the Collection of the Topkapi-Palast, Istanbul

The new kiosk and caique built by Osman II, from Sehname-i Nadiri (Topkapi Palace Museum Library, H. 1124), c.1622. Found in the Collection of the Topkapi-Palast, Istanbul

Plate with a qilin, ca 1350. Creator: The Oriental Applied Arts
Plate with a qilin, ca 1350. Found in the Collection of the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul

View of Constantinople (Istanbul) and the Seraglio from the Swedish Legation in Pera, c.1770-1780

The Eastern Question -- The Shipping in the Bosphorus off Galata, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Life in the East -- Fez blockers in the Bazaar at Stamboul, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Life in the East -- Fez blockers in the Bazaar at Stamboul, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Portion of a Carpet, Turkey, 1575/1625. Creator: Unknown
Portion of a Carpet, Turkey, 1575/1625

Panorama of Constantinople and the Dardanelles - the Sublime Porte, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Panorama of Constantinople and the Dardanelles - the Sublime Porte, 1850. Gate to the Imperial Palace and Fountain of Ahmed III

Fragment of a Bowl with Double Molded Rim, 13th-14th century. Creator: Unknown
Fragment of a Bowl with Double Molded Rim, 13th-14th century

Fragment of a Bowl, 14th-15th century. Creator: Unknown
Fragment of a Bowl, 14th-15th century

Fragment of a Plate, 13th-14th century. Creator: Unknown
Fragment of a Plate, 13th-14th century

Fragment of a Bowl, 14th century. Creator: Unknown
Fragment of a Bowl, 14th century

Fragment of a Bowl, 13th century. Creator: Unknown
Fragment of a Bowl, 13th century

Fragment of a Bowl with Birds Wing, 13th-14th century. Creator: Unknown
Fragment of a Bowl with Birds Wing, 13th-14th century

Fragment of a Bowl, 13th-14th century. Creator: Unknown
Fragment of a Bowl, 13th-14th century

Anonymous Follis (Coin), 976-1028, attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII

Fragment of a Bowl, 15th-17th century. Creator: Unknown
Fragment of a Bowl, 15th-17th century

Fragment of a Bowl, 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Fragment of a Bowl, 17th century

The Golden Horn, Constantinople, 1907. Creator: Signac, Paul (1863-1935)
The Golden Horn, Constantinople, 1907. Private Collection

The Galata Tower By Moonlight, 1845. Creator: Aivazovsky
The Galata Tower By Moonlight, 1845. Private Collection

Procession through the Hippodrome, Constantinople (Aubry de La Mottrayes " Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa... " London, 1724, vol. I, plate 15), 1723-24

Dame de Constantinople, from Recueil de diverses fig. res etrangeres Inventé
Dame de Constantinople, from Recueil de diverses fig.res etrangeres Inventees par F. Boucher P.tre du Roy et Gravees par F. Ravenet (Collection of Various Foreign Figures, Devised by F)

Doge Enrico Dandolo crowns Baldovino the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople, 1745-94

View of the Obelisk of Thutmosis III Seen from the Walls of Alexandria, late 17th-early 18th century

A Mosque, 1872. Creator: Alberto Pasini
A Mosque, 1872

Painting on cupola, Chora Church, Constantinople [Istanbul, Turkey], (1928)

Beautiful Istanbul, a City of Two Continents - Asia in Distance to the Northeast (Right), c1930s. View of the Galata Bridge on the Bosphorous strait linking Euope and Asia in Istanbul

Bookbinding for a Koran, 1460-1500. Creator: Unknown
Bookbinding for a Koran, 1460-1500

Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads, mid-1500s. Creator: Sahkulu (Turkish)
Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads, mid-1500s

Lampas with double ogival floral pattern on checkered ground, 1550-1575. Creator: Unknown
Lampas with double ogival floral pattern on checkered ground, 1550-1575

Holy War is pronounced at the Fatih Mosque, Constantinople, 14 November 1914, (c1920)
Holy War is pronounced at the Fatih Mosque, Constantinople, Turkey, 14 November 1914, (c1920). The Fetwa of the Sheikh-ul-Islam: How the Holy War was proclaimed in Constantinople

Map of the Dardanelles and Sea of Marmara, c1914, (1920). Creator: Unknown
Map of the Dardanelles and Sea of Marmara, c1914, (1920). The coastline around parts of Turkey, Bulgaria, the Black Sea and the Aegean during the First World War

Defeat of the Saracenic Fleet Before Constantinople, (717-718), 1890. Creator: Unknown
Defeat of the Saracenic Fleet Before Constantinople, (717-718), 1890

View of the Bosphorus: The Castle of Europe, 1890. Creator: Unknown
View of the Bosphorus: The Castle of Europe, 1890

Walls of Constaninople in the Sixteenth Century, (1890). Creator: Unknown
Walls of Constaninople in the Sixteenth Century, (1890)

The Bosphorus, from Therapia, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Bosphorus, from Therapia, 1890. Tarabya on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait in Sariyer district Istanbul, was captured by Ottoman forces during the Fall of Constantinople (1453)

Tower of Galata, Constantinople, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Tower of Galata, Constantinople, 1890. Galata Tower, a medieval Romanesque stone tower in Istanbul, was built in 1348 by the Genoese. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

The At-Meidan - Ancient Hippodrome - With Column of Theodosius, Constantinople, 1890
The " At-Meidan" - The Ancient Hippodrome - With the Column of Theodosius, Constantinople, 1890

The Old Walls, Constantinople, (c4th century), 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Old Walls, Constantinople, (c4th century), 1890

Tomb of Solyman the Magnificent and Roxolana, Constantinople, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Tomb of Solyman the Magnificent and Roxolana, Constantinople, 1890

The Bosphorus looking towards Scutari, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, 1895. Creator
The Bosphorus looking towards Scutari, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, 1895. Ships at anchor in what is now Istanbul, Turkey

The entrance to the Golden Horn, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
The entrance to the Golden Horn, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, 1895. Ships at anchor in what is now Istanbul, Turkey

The Galata bridge across the Golden Horn, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, 1895. Creator
The Galata bridge across the Golden Horn, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, 1895. Ships on the river in what is now Istanbul, Turkey

The Golden Horn. The Bridge, 1907. Artist: Signac, Paul (1863-1935)
The Golden Horn. The Bridge, 1907. Private Collection

Interior of the Hagia Irene in Istanbul

The barrack hospital at Scutari during the Crimean War, 1854

Mosaic of Byzantine fathers of the church, in the apse of the Patecclesion in the Church of St Saviour in Chora, Istanbul

The Turkish astronomer Takiuddin at his observatory at Galata, Istanbul, 1581. Showing astronomical instruments in use at the time

Interior of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Interior of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, 19th century. View of carved wooden minbar and Islamic texts inside the building while it was a mosque

The Cup of Coffee: Two women taking coffee and smoking hubble-bubble, pub. 1865. Creator
The Cup of Coffee: Two women taking coffee and smoking hubble-bubble, with a black African woman slave, from Stamboul, Souvenir de l Orient, published 1865 (colour litho)

The Bosphorus, with the Castles of Europe and Asia, 1846. Creator: Thomas Allom (1804-72)
The Bosphorus, with the Castles of Europe and Asia, 1846 (w/c on paper)

General view of Constantinople from Scutari, c.1850 (coloured aquatint)

Map of the Balkan Peninsula, 1902. Creator: Unknown
Map of the Balkan Peninsula, 1902. Showing Bosnia, Servia (Serbia), Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkish-occupied Greece, with inset of Constantinople (Istanbul). From The Century Atlas of the World

Interior view of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul during Friday prayers

Constantinople, colored engraving from the book Le Theatre du monde or Nouvel Atlas, 1645, created, printed and published in Amsterdam

Interior view of the dome of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul

Exterior view of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul

Exterior view of the Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul

Miniature depicting the birth of Mohammed, in the manuscript Siyer-Un-Nebi by Ah Mat-Nur-B-Mustafa

Two monks present silkworms smuggled from China to the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, 6th century. Plate 2 from Vermis Sericus (The Silkworm)

Constantinople. The Nusretiye Mosque, 1884. Found in the Collection of Musee des beaux-arts, Brest

Tophane Fountain, Constantinople. Private Collection

The Ciragan Palace in Constantinople. Artist: Bossoli, Carlo (1815-1884)
The Ciragan Palace in Constantinople. Private Collection

Sultan Mahmud II Leaving The Bayezid Mosque, Constantinople, 1837. Private Collection

Bayram. Artist: Zonaro, Fausto (1854-1929)
Bayram. Private Collection

The Arrival Of Sultan Abdulmecid At The Nusretiye Mosque, 1842. Private Collection

Constantinople from the Fire Tower of Beyazit. Artist: Sattler, Hubert (1817-1904)
Constantinople from the Fire Tower of Beyazit. Private Collection

The Conversation, First half of the 18th century. Found in the collection of Pera Museum, Istanbul

View of the Rumeli Hisari, 1777. Artist: Kamsetzer (Kammsetzer), Jan Chrystian (1753-1795)
View of the Rumeli Hisari, 1777. Found in the collection of Pera Museum, Istanbul

Barbarossas fleet wintering in the French harbour of Toulon, 1543, Mid of 16th century. Found in the collection of Topkapı Palace, Istanbul

Courtyard of the Sultan Bayezid Mosque in Constantinople. Private Collection

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