Busbecq's letters

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Busbecq's letters are 16th-century diplomatic correspondences by Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq that famously include one of the few known records of the now-extinct Crimean Gothic language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 16th-century work ⓘ
collection of letters ⓘ
diplomatic correspondence ⓘ
associatedWith Crimean Gothic language ⓘ
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Habsburg diplomacy ⓘ
Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
author Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq ⓘ
circulation manuscript circulation before print publication ⓘ
contains record of Crimean Gothic language ⓘ
context Habsburg–Ottoman diplomatic relations ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
dateWritten 16th century ⓘ
describes Crimean Goths ⓘ
linked to: Goths

Suleiman the Magnificent's reign ⓘ
life at the Ottoman court ⓘ
genre epistolary literature ⓘ
hasPart letter containing Crimean Gothic word list ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Modern period ⓘ
Renaissance ⓘ
influenced later travel literature about the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryValue noted for detailed observation and style ⓘ
medium handwritten letters ⓘ
notableFor one of the few known records of Crimean Gothic ⓘ
originallyAddressedTo friends in Europe ⓘ
preservationStatus surviving in early modern manuscripts and prints ⓘ
significance eyewitness account of 16th-century Ottoman Empire ⓘ
primary source on Crimean Gothic vocabulary ⓘ
subjectMatter Ottoman Empire ⓘ
diplomacy ⓘ
ethnography ⓘ
linguistic observations ⓘ
natural history ⓘ
travel ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy Ottoman studies ⓘ
Renaissance history ⓘ
historical ethnography ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
writtenBy Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq ⓘ

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Crimean Gothic → attestationSource → Busbecq's letters ⓘ