Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa
Outside Istanbul (İstanbul, Constantinople)
Title
Reception in the camp outside Constantinople
Short description
Reception in the camp outside Constantinople with musical instruments.
Text on source
ونزلنا على عشرة أميال من القسطنطينية، فلما كان بالغد خرج أهلها من رجال ونساء وصبيان ركبانًا ومشاة في أحسن زي وأجمل لباس وضربت عند الصبح الأطبال والأبواق والأنفار [ص. ٢٤٦]
English translation
We camped at a distance of ten miles from Constantinople, and on the following day its population, men, women and children, came out riding or on foot in their finest array and richest apparel. At dawn the drums [aṭbāl], coiled trumpets [abwāq] and straight trumpets [anfār] were sounded
Folios/Pages
504
Date
1333 circa
Observations on the events description
The usual list of three musical instruments is repeated in this passage, although the instruments are supposedly the same ones mentioned in the previous event (see Event 33 in this Travel).
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.
Participants
Name
Role
Notes
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Hatun, Nilüfer
Travel fellow
Valide Hatun
How to quote
Pintimalli A., "Reception in the camp outside Constantinople" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 07 15.doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.130
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