Evliyâ Çelebi’nin Freng-pesend Resim Tutkusu by Nuran Tezcan

“…Combing through the contexts where the word occurs, we notice two trends, one negative — as in Freng-i pür-ceng (barbarian Franks), Freng-i bed-reng (evil Franks), Freng-i pür-reng (tricky Franks); one positive — as in Freng-pesend (pleasing to the Franks), the term used in the appreciation of architecture and painting.In the Seyahatnâme, Freng-pesend connotes Frankish (i.e., European) style or technique, Frankish taste, Frankish creativity. …”
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Literature, or the travelling tattoo by Julia L. Frengs

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