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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Vol. II Folio 50. Mevlevi


Derviche Mevlevu qui se tourne.
Painting (watercolour). Folio 50 from an album showing Turkish costume. Mevlevi dervish wearing the tall pale brown hat of the mevlevi order (sekke-i şerif). Yellow jacket, blue blouse, voluminous skirt billowing out as he turns, one hand (palm uppermost) raised to Heaven, the other pointing at the ground. Bare feet.

Compare:

76 Mewlevi : derviche tourneur
whirling dervish
in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65

Compare:

59 [Derviche] tourneur, espèce de religieux turc
Dervish whirler, a kind of religious Turk
in: Dessins originaux de costumes turcs, BnF 4-OD-23

British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.2.50
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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