Two Dervish penitents performing prayer rituals in a Dervish lodge. One with his hair tied to the ceiling with a cord, and another with band around hands and knees holding prayer beads. Due Dervisch penitenti. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Magliavacca from Giulio Ferrario’s Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Modern o Story, Florence, 1842.

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