Links

Museums with online image collections
 
Useful sites on Byzantine & Ottoman culture
Benaki Museum, Athens   Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
British Museum, London  
Greek Jewelry, 5,000 Years of Tradition
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last accessed 2/3/03
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, "The Glories of Byzantium"   Byzantium: Byzantine Studies on the Internet
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston   Silk and Wool: Ottoman Textile Designs in Turkish Rugs by Gerard Paquin Last accessed 1/13/2003
British Library images online   Bissonnette on Costume Geographic Search: Greece. Last accessed 1/15/2003 Post-period clothing, but the costumes from some regions still display strong Ottoman influences
Gallery of Byzantine Art. Royal Ontario Museum's online exhibit of Byzantine jewelry. Last accessed 2/3/2003.   Odysseus, the Hellenic Ministry of Culture www server
Topkapi Palace Museum Home of the Ottoman Sultans during the 16th Century   "The Costumes of Ottoman Women," on the Turkish Ministry of Culture website. There are also many other valuable pages on the Ministry's site.
Web information authored by living history folk
  Labyrinth : Resources for Medieval Studies
Levantia -Tim Dawson's web site on Byzantium
  ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Assim's middle eastern dance site
  The British Library images online. Last visted 9/2003. Search under " Ottoman" to see pages from a travel/costume book circa 1600. I wanted to post some of the images on this web site, but the BL wanted to charge me a huge licensing fee
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Cariadoc's Miscellaney--a core reference for medieval middle eastern recipes
 



Mistress Hnimefendi Zaynab Yasmine bint Hasan'
s site showcasing her recreations of 16th C Turkish women's clothing
   

The Middle Eastern Madrassa
An SCA site under development, with the goal of encouraging the study and appreciation of Middle Eastern culture and arts. Contains links, and articles by members.