De Amicis, Edmondo, 1846-1908 -- Travel -- Turkey -- Istanbul; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel
Sophia, St., 29, 249;
account of, taking of, 274;
architects, 271;
baptistery, 255;
chapels, 270;
columns, 262;
construction, 261;
dome, 260;
eso-narthex, 256;
exterior, 254;
first impression, 256;
first sight of, 21;
former aspect, 266;
Greek account of, 271;
Greek name, 21;
Greek titles, 249;
gynæconitis, 264;
imperial functions, 269;
inscription, 260;
legend of Greek bishop, 272;
life in the mosque, 265;
marbles, 262;
materials used in building, 261;
plan, 257;
present aspect, 258;
situation, 69;
Turkish account of, 272;
view from gallery, 264.
Sosthenius, temple of, ii. 283.
Staël. Mme. de, on dome of St. Peter’s, 260;
on travelling, 57.
Staff of the Prophet, ii. 183.
Stambul, 61;
Russian name of, 15.
Standard-bearer of the Prophet, ii. 230.
Standard of the holy war, ii. 183.
Star, imperial kiosk of the, ii. 275.
Stefano, ancient valley of the Allori di, ii. 273.
Stenia, ii. 283.
Strangers free from insult in Constantinople, ii. 252.
Street-cries of Galata, 89.
Sublime Porte, 69.
Sudludji, 116.
Sunbullin, Ilrahim’s chief eunuch, 186.
Sunrise from the bridge, ii. 75.
Suleiman I., at sessions of the Divân, ii. 167;
favorite of, ii. 200;
dies intoxicated, 216;
tries to suppress drinking, 216;
son of, strangled, 169.
Suleiman, the Magnificent, grand vizier of, ii. 153;
indulgent decree of, ii. 15;
tower where he hid, ii. 276;
vizier who educated, 112;
writes of his court, ii. 159;
turbans of time of, 140.
Suleimaniyeh, 29, 70;
description, ii. 217;
inscriptions, ii. 218.
Sultanieh, ii. 286.
Sultan Moussa, yataghan of, 146.
Sultans, girded with sword of Osman, ii. 230;
the early, ii. 298, ii. 303;
modern, 294;
personally inspect weights and measures, 226;
practise shooting, 111;
public appearance, 286;
twenty-five successive, in Seraglio, ii. 145.
Sweet Waters of Asia, 167, ii. 21;
of Europe, ii. 20, ii. 54.
Symplegades, ii. 295.
T.
Table habits, 214.
Tamerlane, armlet of, ii. 153.
Tekyr, seraglio of, 29.
Temple of the Muftis, the mortuary, ii. 230;
of Relics, ii. 183;
of the Twelve Gods, ii. 293.
Tepelen, Ali Pasha of, tombstone, ii. 124.
Tersâne, arsenal of, 105.
Tetarte gate, ii. 120.
Theatres, 210;
Alhambra, 211.
Theodosius, bastions of, ii. 120;
column of, ii. 202;
gate of, 72, ii. 138;
rebuilds church of Holy Apostles, 71.
Therapia, ancient Pharmakia, ii. 288.
Thrace, ancient, 18.
Throne-room, ii. 176.
Tobacco, displayed for sale, 125;
use of, formerly forbidden, 125;
varieties of, 125.
Tomb of Joshua, ii. 291.
Topkhâneh, guns fired for fire alarm, ii. 80.
Totaola, 103.
Tournefort, on arrival at Constantinople, 11.
Ton Tritou gate, ii. 122.
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