Die Neu-eröffnete Ottomannische Pforte: Bestehend: Erstlichen, In einer ... Beschreibung Deß gantzen Türckischen Staats- und Gottesdiensts
A 1694 German-language description of the Ottoman state and religious practice, compiled from the works of Paul Rycaut and Giovanni Sagredo and held by Heidelberg University Library, written for a Central European readership curious about the Turkish empire. Its engravings are dense, shadowy copperplate scenes of palace violence and turbaned figures before fortified walls, offering a designer strong examples of crowded baroque composition, dramatic diagonal movement and hatched chiaroscuro.
