The sultan's world : the Ottoman Orient in Renaissance art / [editors] Robert Born, Michał Dziewulski, Guido Messling ; with contributions by Raphael Beuing [and twenty-one others] ; translations: Ben Carter [and seven others].

Forewords
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing / Elif Shafak
Introduction
Essays: The Ottoman porte, Poland and central Europe from the 15th until the early 17th century / Dariusz Kołodziejczyk ; Cultural exchanges between the Ottoman world and latinate Europe / Suraiya Faroqhi ; Renaissance in Europe and sultanic portraiture / Günsel Renda
Case studies: Ottoman features in Venice / Sabine Engel ; The northern view: Albrecht Dürer and the Ottomans / Guido Messling ; European Renaissance artists in Constantinople / Mikael Bøgh Rasmussen ; Costume illustrations and memory albums: the transfer of images and information between east and west / Robert Born ; The influences of the Ottoman Orient on the court culture in Europe / Robert Born and Michał Dziewulski ; The two sides of the palace / Paul Dujardin
Catalogue: A changing world ; Visual polemics ; Going east: pilgrims, diplomats and merchants ; Travelling artists ; Depicting the sultan ; The lure of the Orient ; The Ottoman Orient and European courtly culture.