Turkish funeral customs.- Forde (William) A Sermon
Turkish funeral customs.- Forde (William) A Sermon Preached at Constantinople, in the Vines of Perah, at the Funerall of the vertuous and admired Lady Anne Glover, first edition, lacking final blank leaf M2, some worming to upper inner corner, some light water-staining, creases and short tears, bound after 7 other 17th century sermons, many leaves loose, in remains of contemporary calf, leather largely detached from boards beneath and top part of spine missing, [STC 11176; Blackmer 615], 4to, Printed by Edward Griffin for Francis Constable, 1616.
⁂ William Forde (fl. 1616) was the first recorded English chaplain at Constantinople (from c.1610 to 1614). Lady Glover was buried on 14 April 1612, although she had died in November 1608, long before Forde ever reached Constantinople, her husband preserving her body in bran. This sermon, preached in "a pleasant garden, under a lofty Cypresse tree", contains information on Turkish funeral customs.
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Turkish funeral customs.- Forde (William) A Sermon Preached at Constantinople, in the Vines of Perah, at the Funerall of the vertuous and admired Lady Anne Glover, first edition, lacking final blank leaf M2, some worming to upper inner corner, some light water-staining, creases and short tears, bound after 7 other 17th century sermons, many leaves loose, in remains of contemporary calf, leather largely detached from boards beneath and top part of spine missing, [STC 11176; Blackmer 615], 4to, Printed by Edward Griffin for Francis Constable, 1616.
⁂ William Forde (fl. 1616) was the first recorded English chaplain at Constantinople (from c.1610 to 1614). Lady Glover was buried on 14 April 1612, although she had died in November 1608, long before Forde ever reached Constantinople, her husband preserving her body in bran. This sermon, preached in "a pleasant garden, under a lofty Cypresse tree", contains information on Turkish funeral customs.
