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Jewish Doctor (Medico Giudeo)
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This depiction of a Jewish doctor is from a travelogue by French geographer Nicolas Nicolay, who is believed to have also created the illustrations in the book. Considered at the time a key source of…

Contributor:

Nicolas de Nicolay

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1568

Subjects:

Profession, Medicine, Dress, Muslim-Jewish relations, Ethnography

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art, Print & Book Culture
Print with decorative border of man in robes wearing hat and holding a book with right hand and Latin heading.
Jewish Women from Adrianople (Edirne)
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These depictions of Jewish women from Adrianople (present day Edirne, Turkey) is from a travelogue by French geographer Nicolas Nicolay, who is believed to have done his own illustrations. Considered…

Contributor:

Nicolas de Nicolay

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1585

Subjects:

Dress, Women, Cities, Travel, Ethnography

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Illustration of woman standing and wearing decorated dress and hat.
Jewish Merchant (Mercante Giudeo)
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This depiction of a Jewish merchant is from a travelogue by French geographer Nicolas Nicolay, who is believed to have also done his own illustrations. Considered at the time a key source of…

Contributor:

Nicolas de Nicolay

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1585

Subjects:

Print, Dress, Class, Economic life, Ethnography

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Full body drawing of man in turban with textiles folded over left arm and right hand in pocket.