Bevanda asiatica: Scholarly Exchange between the Ottomans and Europeans on Coffee

Duygu YILDIRIM

doi:https://doi.org/10.18589/oa.862768

Article Details

Bevanda asiatica: Scholarly Exchange between the Ottomans and Europeans on Coffee

Authors:

Duygu YILDIRIM

Publisher:

İstanbul 29 Mayıs University

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

Osmanlı Araştırmaları 2020 Vol.56 Issue 56, pp.25-47

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000557848

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

pISSN:

0255-0636

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18589/oa.862768

Abstract:

 

Focusing on Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli’s neglected treatise, Bevanda asiatica (1685), this article explores knowledge exchanges between the Ottomans and Europeans in the late seventeenth century. Bevanda asiatica was based on Hezarfenn Hüseyin’s encyclopedic entry on coffee as well as on Marsigli’s own experiences both as a naturalist and as a slave-cook in Ottoman lands. Marsigli stated that Hezarfenn’s empirically driven depiction of the coffee plant was “the most original source” on coffee. By analyzing how and why Marsigli selected Hezarfenn’s text, this article sheds light onto the practices of cross-cultural knowledge exchanges in the early modernity.

 

Focusing on Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli’s neglected treatise, Bevanda asiatica (1685), this article explores knowledge exchanges between the Ottomans and Europeans in the late seventeenth century. Bevanda asiatica was based on Hezarfenn Hüseyin’s encyclopedic entry on coffee as well as on Marsigli’s own experiences both as a naturalist and as a slave-cook in Ottoman lands. Marsigli stated that Hezarfenn’s empirically driven depiction of the coffee plant was “the most original source” on coffee. By analyzing how and why Marsigli selected Hezarfenn’s text, this article sheds light onto the practices of cross-cultural knowledge exchanges in the early modernity.

Article Details

Bevanda asiatica: Scholarly Exchange between the Ottomans and Europeans on Coffee

Authors: Duygu YILDIRIM

Publisher: İstanbul 29 Mayıs University

Main Topics: Sociology and anthropology

Journal: Osmanlı Araştırmaları 2020 Vol.56 Issue 56, pp.25-47

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 12/2020

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000557848

Frequency: Bi-Annual

pISSN: 0255-0636

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18589/oa.862768

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Authors:

Duygu YILDIRIM

Publisher:

İstanbul 29 Mayıs University

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

Osmanlı Araştırmaları 2020 Vol.56 Issue 56, pp.25-47

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000557848

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

pISSN:

0255-0636

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18589/oa.862768