The hidden life of textiles in the medieval and early modern Mediterranean : contexts and cross-cultural encounters in the Islamic, Latinate and Eastern Christian worlds / edited by Nikolaos Vryzidis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vryzidis, Nikolaos, editor, contributor.

Rodríguez Peinado, Laura, writer of supplementary textual content.

Shalem, Avinoam, writer of supplementary textual content.

Redford, Scott, writer of supplementary textual content.

Martiniani-Reber, Marielle, writer of supplementary textual content.

Papastavrou, Hélène, writer of supplementary textual content.

Gnisci, Jacopo, writer of supplementary textual content.

Kouymjian, Dickran, writer of supplementary textual content.

Cabrera Lafuente, Ana, writer of supplementary textual content.

Sárdi, Mária, writer of supplementary textual content.

Schulz, Vera-Simone, writer of supplementary textual content.

British School at Athens.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Mouseio Islamikēs Technēs (Mouseio Benakē)

Series:

Medieval and Post-Medieval Mediterranean archaeology series ; 2565-8719 3.

Medieval and Post-Medieval Mediterranean Archaeology (MPMAS), 2565-8719 ; III

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Textile fabrics--Mediterranean Region--Congresses.

Textile fabrics.

Textile fabrics--Middle East--Congresses.

Textile industry--Mediterranean Region--History.

Textile industry.

Textile industry--Middle East--History.

History.

Mediterranean Region.

Middle East.

Textile fabrics--Mediterranean Region--History.

Textile fabrics--Middle East--History.

Genre:

History.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.

Other Title:

Textiles & identity in the medieval and early modern Mediterranean, paradigms of contexts and cross-cultural exchanges.

Textiles and identity in the medieval and early modern Mediterranean, paradigms of contexts and cross-cultural exchanges.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2020]

Language Note:

Includes 10 contributions in English, and 1 in French. Concludes with 9 abstracts in English, and 1 in French.

Summary:

The book contains published papers of the conference 'Textiles & Identity in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean: Paradigms of Contexts and Cross-Cultural Exchanges' of the British School at Athens held at the (Benaki) Museum of Islamic Art in 2016, as well as some new contributions. The focus in this varied collection of studies by key scholars in the field is on textiles and their functions in various Mediterranean contexts (and beyond) during Medieval and Post-Medieval times (circa 10th-19th centuries). The scope of the contributions encompasses archaeological, anthropological and art historical perspectives on diverse subjects, such as textiles from the Byzantine Empire and the Medieval Islamic World (for example, Spain, Mamluk Egypt, Seljuk Anatolia), Italy, the Ottoman Empire, Armenia and Ethiopia. The book includes contributions by Avinoam Shalem, Scott Redford, Marielle Martiniani-Reber, Dickran Kouymjian, Laura Rodríguez Peinado, Ana Cabrera-Lafuente, Vera-Simone Schulz, Nikolaos Vryzidis, Elena Papastavrou, Jacopo Gnisci, and Maria Sardi.

Contents:

New approaches in Mediterranean textile studies : Andalusí textiles as case study / Laura Rodríguez Peinado & Ana Cabrera-Lafuente

Metaphors we dress with : Medieval poetics about textiles / Avinoam Shalem

Flags of the Seljuk sultanate of Anatolia : Visual and textual evidence| / Scott Redford

Foreign influences in Mamluk textiles : The formation of a new aesthetic / Maria Sardi

Entangled identities : Textiles and the art and architecture of the Apennine peninsula in a trans-Mediterranean perspective / Vera-Simone Schulz

Animal motifs on Asian textiles used by the Greek Church : A case study of Christian acculturation. Appendix by Dimitris Loupis : Woven Islamic inscriptions / Nikolaos Vryzidis

Quelques aspects des relations entre productions textiles byzantine et arabe aux Xe-XIe siècles / Marielle Martiniani-Reber

Osmosis in Ottoman Constantinople : The iconography of Greek church embroidery / Elena Papastavrou

Ecclesiastic dress in Medieval Ethiopia : Preliminary remarks on the visual evidence / Jacopo Gnisci

Armenian altar curtains : Repository of tradition and artistic innovation / Dickran Kouymjian

Concluding remarks : Textiles as units of transmission / Nikolaos Vryzidis.

Notes:

"Glossary of textile terms ...": pages 284-286.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9782503587738

2503587739

OCLC:

1151896323

Publisher Number:

99985482470