Дмйтрий
Константйнович
Кантевйр
(Dimitrie Konstantinovich Kantemir) was the son of a Moldaian Voivode
(similar to a castelan, except that a Voivode might be the top military
commander of a pallisaded fortress rather than a "castle"). Indeed, the
name Cantemir originates in "Khan Temir" (head of the Tartar
hordes in Akkerman, Budjak, and Dobruja).
1
"The Renaissance and the Ottoman World", Contadini, Anna and Norton,
Claire (Eds.), Ashgate Pub. Ltd., 2013, Chapter 7: "Turning a Deaf
Ear", Right, Owen.
2
Trade between Venice and Genoa allowed transfer of culture with
the Ottoman court. Gentile Bellini visited Istanbul, thus the
Ottoman court was directly influenced by the development of
linear perspective. The Ottoman developments in glassware, ceramics
(Iznik), textiles [silk weaving, velvets of Bursa, carpets of Konya,
embroideries of Epirus], wood carving, metalware, etc.
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