Domenico's Istanbul |
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| Author:
| Austin, J. L. |
| Editor:
| Lewis, Geoffrey |
| Series title: | Gibb Memorial Trust Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-906094-36-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2001 |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $85.00 |
Book Description:
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Domenico was the name taken by a rabbi and doctor from Safed in Palestine on his conversion to Catholicism in 1593. For some ten years he served as Third Physician to Sultan Murad III. In 1611 he wrote or more accurately dictated his Relatione della gran Citta di Constantinopli .
Domenico was the name taken by a rabbi and doctor from Safed in Palestine on his conversion to Catholicism in 1593. For some ten years he served as Third Physician to Sultan Murad III. In 1611 he wrote or more accurately dictated his Relatione della gran Citta di Constantinopli .