Turkish emperor on horseback

from Hans Weigel's 'Habitus Praecipuorum Populorum ... das ist Trachtenbuch, Nuremburg, 1577'

IMPERATOR TURCICUS
equo vectus'

'CLXXXVII.
Der Türckisch Kayser zu Roß./
Also der Türckisch Kayser reit/    Sampt den Fürsten, Rittern und Adel/
Spatzieren nahend oder weit./    Haben an Trabanten kein tadel.'


Plate 187: A Turkish emperor on horseback; to left; wearing an ermine-trimmed sleeveless coat over patterned trousers; with a large turban and spurs

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