In 1648, John Wilkins cites Busbecq, the Austrian ambassador to Constantinople in 1554-1562, as recording that "a Turk in Constantinople" attempted to fly.
The official language of the principality of Theodoro was Greek, but the Gothic language remained in use in private homes at least until the 18th century (Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq in the 16th century reported having had a conversation with two Goths in Constantinople, and left a Gothic-Latin glossary with about a hundred Gothic words), but it is unknown for how long the Gothic language survived as liturgical language in the Crimean Gothic church.
Johannes Ghiselin | Ogier the Dane | Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq | Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, Jr. | Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer |