In early modern France, Orientalism refers to the interaction of pre-modern France with the Orient, and especially the cultural, scientific, artistic and intellectual impact of these interactions, ran
Traités nouveaux & curieux du café du thé et du chocolate, by Philippe Sylvestre Dufour, 1685
The Ambassadors, a symbol of French explorations under Francis I: the French ambassadors Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve standing around an Ottoman Holbein carpet and various objects. Painting by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1533, National Gallery, London.
Arabic astronomical manuscript of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, annotated by Guillaume Postel
Ottoman Empire Qur'an, copied circa 1536, bound according to regulations set under Francis I circa 1549, with arms of Henri II. Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Studia Linguarum
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The Studia Linguarum were the first attempt to study oriental languages by the Roman Catholic Church. The need to study oriental languages was affirmed by the General Chapter of the Dominican Order in
Raymond of Peñafort founded one of the first schools of the Studia Linguarum.
