Elbicei Atika. Musée des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople, par Jean Brindesi

Plate 16

Soytarı Başı	Bektaşı Devesi	Soytarı	Deli Başı
Seirdin-Ustasi	Bektachi Emin Baba	Soitari	Deli Bachi
Chef des Bouffons	Derviche	Bouffon des Volontaires	Chef des cavaliers irréguliers
Chief of the Buffoons	Dervish	Buffoon of the Volunteers	Chief of irregular cavalry

Sersop ya da zırzop; soytarı (jester) is a term used in the sense of humorous and is the name of the person in charge of making the sultan laugh in his spare time in the palace. He is depicted in the same way in all of the new period albums. Only in the Pichelstein Album, he is depicted in two different ways, one as a sultan and the other as a Hacivat vagrant.
Source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü

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