The Byzantines and the Ottomans: Perceptions of Material Culture (14th-16th Centuries)
Both rivals and neighbours, the Byzantines and the Ottomans were in close cultural contact with each other: they observed each other’s customs, clothing and food, adopting some and rejecting others. Moreover, people and objects also circulated in both directions; people switched political allegiances and/or converted, artists and masons worked for the patrons of the ‘other’…
