Medieval textiles across Eurasia, c. 300-1400:

This study considers the textiles made, traded, and exchanged across Eurasia from late antiquity to the late Middle Ages with special attention to the socio-political and cultural aspects of this universal medium. It presents a wide range of textiles used in both domestic and religious settings, as...

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Hauptverfasser: Blessing, Patricia ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn), Dospěl Williams, Elizabeth (VerfasserIn), Shea, Eiren L. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2023
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge Elements
Elements in the global Middle Ages
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Zusammenfassung:This study considers the textiles made, traded, and exchanged across Eurasia from late antiquity to the late Middle Ages with special attention to the socio-political and cultural aspects of this universal medium. It presents a wide range of textiles used in both domestic and religious settings, as dress and furnishings, and for elite and ordinary owners. The introduction presents historiographical background to the study of textiles and explains the conditions of their survival in archaeological contexts and museums. A section on the materials and techniques used to produce textiles if followed by those outlining textile production, industry, and trade across Eurasia. Further sections examine the uses for dress and furnishing textiles and the appearance of imported fabrics in European contexts, addressing textiles' functions and uses in medieval societies. Lastly, a concluding section on textile aesthetics connects fabrics to their broader visual and material context
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis Seite [82]-99
First published online: May 2023
Beschreibung:99 Seiten 68 Illustrationen
ISBN:9781009393362