Turkish imam

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

PONTIFEX MAXIMUS
Turcarum'

Plate 189: A Turkish imam; whole-length figure, turned slightly to left; wearing a fur-trimmed coat over his vestments; with a large turban and holding a scroll

'CLXXXIX.
Der Türckisch Hohepriester./
Der Hoh'priester bin ich erwehlt/ In der Türckey unter mir hab/
Allen Geistlichen fürgestelt./ In allen Ständen auſſ und ab.'

Plate 189: A Turkish imam; whole-length figure, turned slightly to left; wearing a fur-trimmed coat over his vestments; with a large turban and holding a scroll

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