Image: Suleiman Agostino

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Description: Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent (Agostino Veneziano's depiction of the sultan - author died over 100 years ago) en:Agostino Veneziano's en:engraving of Suleiman the Magnificent.[1]. Note the 4 tiers on the helmet (which he had commissioned from en:Venice, symbolizing his imperial power, and exceeding the 3-tiered en:papal tiara.[2] This was a most untypical piece of headgear for an Ottoman sultan, which he probably never normally wore, but which he placed beside him when receiving visitors, especially ambassadors. It was crowned with an enormous feather. [3]]]
Title: Suleiman Agostino
Credit: http://mek.oszk.hu/01800/01885/html/index153.html
Author: Agostino Veneziano
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