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Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (30 x 24 cm). 45 articles in French, Turkish, Italian, English, and German. 2 volumes set: ([12], 385 p.; [4], 265 p.). The papers delivered at the colloquium are subgrouped under the titles of cemeteries in the Islamic world; cemeteries in Turkey; Turkish and Ottoman cemeteries outside Turkey; the cemetery and the city; burial traditions, decoration and symbols; a supplement on the Ottoman cemetery in Trieste and a proposal for international bibliography on the cemeteries and burial traditions in the Turkish and Islamic world. The works comprises the acts of the international colloquium of the CNRS, France, organized by Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, under the auspices of Turkish Society for History, IRCICA, and the French Institute of Anatolian Studies, Istanbul. Organized in two volumes, the papers delivered at the colloquium are subgrouped under the titles of cemeteries in the Islamic world; cemeteries in Turkey; Turkish and Ottoman cemeteries outside Turkey; the cemetery and the city; burial traditions, decoration and symbols; a supplement on the Ottoman cemetery in Trieste and a proposal for international bibliography on the cemeteries and burial traditions in the Turkish and Islamic world.