Muslim man praying at a roadside prayer site

Open-air raised praying site; such sites existed on all big commercial routes in the Ottoman Empire. Muslim man kneeling on a prayer mat in front of a carved stone indicating Mecca. Men performing music under a tree, another performing ablutions at a fountain. Oratorio. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Nasi after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Modern o Story, Florence, 1842. Copied from Ignace Mouradgea d'Ohsson's Tableau General de L'Empire Othoman, Paris, 1790

Antico Chant Dohsson Ferrario Giulio Ignace Minaret Mouradgea Muezzin Nasi Othoman Pubblico Roadside Tableau

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