2023/2024 Vol. 4

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A. Editorial

Working on the Ottoman perceptions of nature: assessment of a research project (Marinos Sariyannis)

https://doi.org/10.26225/ATWA-AF32 

B. Papers

Mehmed II’s copy of the apocalyptic Book of Daniel (Ms. Ayasofya 3367) and the limits of interpretation (W. Sasson Chahanovich)

https://doi.org/10.26225/hw2y-vf67 

Probing hidden knowledge through divine inspiration: charismatic authority and occult sciences in 17th and 18th-century Ottoman conservative theology (Nikola Pantić)

https://doi.org/10.26225/z0x0-v616 

C. Research Reports

Dossier: Knowing and controlling nature in Ottoman culture

https://doi.org/10.26225/vk48-sz31 

Stars, djinns, and the air: reconciling natural and supernatural in explaining diseases in the Ottoman healing domain in the 1660s (Tunahan Durmaz)

https://doi.org/10.26225/qkc8-1896

Political advice and ethics in an occult framework: Alai Muhibbi Şirazi’s Düstûru’l-vüzerâ as an example of 16th century Ottoman lettrism (Dimitris Giagtzoglou)

https://doi.org/10.26225/d9qr-tm50

Between practice and allegory:  Ottoman perception of alchemy (Feza Günergun)

https://doi.org/10.26225/7qsc-ey26

Picturing the New World marvels: Ottoman paintings of flora and fauna and political discourse in the Tarīḫ-i Hind-i ġarbī (1583/4) (Günseli Gürel)

https://doi.org/10.26225/5w5f-gj45

L’harmonie des affaires d’Orient et d’Occident. Un aperçu sur la cosmovision ottomane et la théorie musicale du XVe siècle (Güneş Işıksel)

https://doi.org/10.26225/4a3x-bd34

Navigating the currents: exploring the esoteric threads in the Greek Orthodox Church of the 15th to 18th centuries (Markos Litinas)

https://doi.org/10.26225/nvtp-7f62

Cosmic histories: chronology as a basis for Ottoman astrology (Maryam Patton)

https://doi.org/10.26225/2g2n-b613

The Ottoman Hermes: notes on the reception of the Hermetic tradition in Ottoman scholarship (Marinos Sariyannis)

https://doi.org/10.26225/nqwj-ta51

D. Sources

Examples of translated materials for the study of Ottoman occultism IV (tr. Marinos Sariyannis – Aslı Niyazioğlu)

https://doi.org/10.26225/n6zn-ap78