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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Main Authors: Blessing, Patricia ca. 20./21. Jh (Author), Dospěl Williams, Elizabeth (Author), Shea, Eiren L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2023
Series:Cambridge elements
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009393379
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009393379
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009393379
Summary: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
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2023. - Includes bibliographical references
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (99 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781009393379
DOI:10.1017/9781009393379