[Sca-cooks] Jannissary Cooks

[Huette von Ahrens]

Here are several books on Janissaries.

Huette

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Nicolle, David.
  The Janissaries / text by David Nicolle, colour
plates by Christa Hook. -- London : Osprey, 1995.
64 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. -- (Elite
series ; 58)
  ISBN 1855324970

Nicolle, David.
  The Janissaries / text by David Nicolle, colour
plates by Christa Hook. -- London : Reed International
Books, 1997.
64 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. -- (Elite
series ; 58)
  ISBN 185532413X

Goodwin, Godfrey.
  The Janissaries / Godfrey Goodwin. -- London : Saqi,
1997.
  288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  ISBN 0863560490 (hb). -- ISBN 0863560555 (pbk)

Palmer, J. A. B.
  The origin of the Janissaries / by J.A.B. Palmer. --
Manchester : The Librarian, The John Rylands Library
..., 1953.

Evliyèa, efendi, ca.1611-ca.1682.
  In the days of the Janissaries; old Turkish life as
depicted in the "Travel-book" of Evliyâa Chelebi, by
Alexander Pallis. Introd. by Philip Graves. London,New
York, Hutchinson, 1951.
  236p. 36 plates (incl. ports.) map (on lining
papers) 23cm.

--- lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
> Elaine Koogler <ekoogler at chesapeake.net> wrote:
> >Not sure, but I do know that Ted Moennich (SCA name
> is Karl von Nordmark),
> >who heads up a music group called Turku.  They
> played at Pennsic last
> >year.  He had a troup of Jannissaries that he
> paraded around on occasion.
> >I'm not sure how to get in touch with him...I think
> he still lives in North
> >Carolina, but they may have a web page.
> >
> >Kiri
> >
> >Volker Bach wrote:
> >>  I wonder if anyone would agree to creating a
> >>  Janissary household?
> >>
> >>  (Sensing military career opprtunities)
> >>
> >>  Giano
>
> Uh, i've seen photos of them in their garb. Really,
> really not
> correct for Jannissaries from pre-1601 (or for any
> period). The group
> at Pennsic were all wearing red - which 16th c.
> Jannissaries did not
> - and they were wearing modern vests, salwar of the
> wrong shape,
> exposed white shirts (the gomlek is "underwear" and
> only the
> neckline, cuffs, and hem might show), and few
> entaris (!!!). And they
> were not wearing the right kinds of headgear.
>
> A group of Jannissaries is a fun idea and there's
> plenty of
> information on how to do it before 1601. Use real
> source material,
> such as surviving garments, Ottoman Turkish
> paintings, and European
> "eyewitness" drawings and paintings, which often
> give better details
> and proportions.
>
> As far as i can tell, Jannissaries didn't have a
> single uniform color
> (pun intended), but wore 2 layers of fully lined
> entaris
> (button-front tunics) in a variety of bright colors
> over a white
> gomlek (undertunic) and brightly colored salwar
> (pants) which do NOT
> have wide legs with gathered ankles, but have loose
> thighs but narrow
> ankles. The headdresses and certain costume details
> seem to point to
> rank - and the Ottomans were pretty "anal" about
> status. Historically
> accurate garments are easy to make. But the headgear
> is a bit
> trickier, but not impossible.
>
> The Osprey book is a good starting point - actually,
> there are 2
> Osprey books on Jannissaries before 1601, one in the
> "Men at Arms"
> series and one in the "Warrior" series - but the
> modern artist who
> made the color plates (?Christa Hook?) did a
> terrible job, especially
> with the earlier depictions. Examine the actual art
> in the book
> (including photos of actual cooking pots!) and find
> a book with color
> plates of actual Ottoman art. The Osprey books have
> bibliographies,
> which should help.
>
> Right now, i'm reading a facsimile of the 1585
> English translation of
> Nicholas de Nicholay's "The Nauigations into Turkie"
> which has plates
> possibly drawn by an artist who accompanied him,
> including a couple
> Jannissaries.
>
> Anahita
> Oh, no, *another* non-food post. Help me before i
> post again!
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