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Rare and modern books

Burçak Evren.

Ottoman craftsmen and their guilds.

THY: Türk Hava Yollari / Dogan Kitap, 1999

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(Istanbul, Turkey)

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Year of publication
1999
ISBN
9789756770122
Place of printing
Istanbul
Author
Burçak Evren.
Pages
0
Publishers
THY: Türk Hava Yollari / Dogan Kitap
Size
4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Keyword
Archeology & Ancient history
Cover description
New
Binding description
Dust jacket
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
New
Languages
English
Binding
Hardcover

Description

Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (30 x 24 cm). Edition in English. 222 p., ills. In the Ottoman Empire, the word "esnaf" (craftsman, tradesman) covered a wide category of people, referring to artists as well as artisans. In fact, anyone who produced or sold something, or provided a service, in short anyone who worked for a living, was included in the category. The master artisans who produced prayer beads were considered as esnaf, as were the watermen who roamed the streets bare-foot crying "abates love's fire" as they freely distributed curative water. Members of the old fire squads entered the esnaf category as did porters. Peddlers formed another part of the esnaf mosaic. These poor people who carried their heavy load, walking the streets of istanbul often bare foot and dressed in rags, originated from the provinces. This book is not a historical research on the esnaf. It is a series of portraits gathered from the cinders of Ottoman social history
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