“On 1 June the Sultan's arrival opened the celebrations. Two innovations show the emergence of an urban ethos. All the guilds of Constantinople processed past the Sultan on his golden throne, at the rate of two or three a day. On horse-drawn floats they displayed their skill at a particular trade. One float showed a tiled hamam with men in black skirts performing ablutions and massage. Cooks went by showing sheep's and bulls' heads and feet, crying "Take it my dear, all greasy, all hot, all vinegared and garlicked!". Tar makers threw pitch and tar into the crowd and played 'a thousand merry tricks of that kind'. Keepers of lunatic asylums led laughing and weeping madmen in gold and silver chains. A contingent of 150 boys covered in bits of glass flashed reflections of the summer sun back to spectators, to display the mirror-makers' skill.”