File:Mehmed II and Serpent Column.jpg
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| Description | "The text of the Hünername, written in the 1580s, claims that Patriarch Gennadios visited Mehmed II to tell him that if he damaged the Serpent Column the city would be infested with snakes, and a miniature was painted showing the patriarch giving this warning as the sultan throws his mace at a jaw." Miniature from the Hünername. |
| Date | 1580s |
| Source | Miniature from the Hünername, Topkapi Palace Library. Online source |
| Author | Unknown 16th-century author |
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