Ogier Ghislain De Busbecq

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Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522–92) was a Flemish herbalist, diplomat and writer. In 1554, Ferdinand I, soon to be Holy Roman Emperor, dispatched him to Suleiman the Magnificent's court as an ambassador to the Ottoman empire, where Busbecq spent years negotiating a border dispute between his employer and the sultan. While there, he also discovered important manuscripts and sent the first tulip bulbs to Europe. He returned to Vienna in 1562, where he acted as counsellor to Ferdinand, after whose death he continued to serve the Habsburgs. This two-volume work, first published in 1881, contains Busbecq's letters, edited and translated into English from Latin by two Cambridge scholars. Volume 2 contains letters written in France to the Holy Roman Emperors Maximilian II and Rudolph II, and an index and appendix to both volumes, the latter including Busbecq's itineraries and a helpful outline of Hungarian history.

Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522–92) was a Flemish herbalist, diplomat and writer. In 1554, Ferdinand I, soon to be Holy Roman Emperor, dispatched him to Suleiman the Magnificent's court as an ambassador to the Ottoman empire, where Busbecq spent years negotiating a border dispute between his employer and the sultan. While there, he also discovered important manuscripts and sent the first tulip bulbs to Europe. He returned to Vienna in 1562, where he acted as counsellor to Ferdinand, after whose death he continued to serve the Habsburgs. This two-volume work, first published in 1881, contains Busbecq's letters, edited and translated into English from Latin by two Cambridge scholars. Volume 1 contains a lengthy biography of Busbecq, written by the editors, and his famous Turkish Letters, which are a unique source of information on Ottoman court life in the sixteenth century.

Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq var tysk-romersk kejserlig udsending i Konstantinopel fra 1555 til 1562. Hans rejsebreve fortæller levende og dramatisk om livet ved Süleyman den Prægtiges hof og hører til klassikerne inden for både rejselitteraturen og den diplomatiske litteratur. Brevene er fulde af anekdoter og fantastiske detaljer, hvor man bl.a. kan læse om en badeferie i Marmarahavet i 1550’erne. De er desuden en vigtig kilde til forholdene i det tyrkiske samfund på det tidspunkt, hvor Osmannerriget oplevede sin blomstringstid. Busbecqs breve ledsages og suppleres med næsten 100 træsnit af den danske tegner Melchior Lorck, der var tilknyttet den tysk-romerske ambassade på samme tidspunkt. Melchior Lorck (ca.1526/27-efter 1583) er blevet betegnet som en af renæssancens mest originale kunstnere, en ener i både motivisk og stilistisk henseende. Træsnittene viser det osmanniske riges befolkning, sæder og skikke og stammer fra Lorcks ”Tyrkerværk”. Det hævder sig internationalt ved både at være et af det sene 16. århundredes grafiske højdepunkter og ved at være den eneste udførlige visuelle kilde til det tyrkiske samfund i midten af 1500-tallet.