Professor Anna Muthesius is a leading specialist on Byzantine silks. This book brings together the most important of her papers published over 20 years on Byzantine and related silks from 400 to 1200 AD. Some of the papers and plates are currently only available in this book. All items have been amended or annotated as necessary in the light of current knowledge. The figures have been re-drawn especially for this volume, and the text has been reset to an appropriate standard.
The articles deal with the economic, political, social, religious, artistic and cultural aspects of mediaeval silk production, distribution and use. They illustrate the tremendous impact of Byzantine silk weaving on the Islamic Mediterranean and Near East, and on the Latin West before 1200 AD. The volume contains the research results of a working lifetime, in a form not otherwise obtainable.
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978-0-907132-93-6 (9780907132936)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Anna Muthesius was elected to the first chair in textile studies in Great Britain in 1997, and taught both at the Surrey Institute of Art and Design and in the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge. She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, founding Fellow of the International Association for the Study of Silk Road Textiles and also of the Textile Study Group of Great Britain. She has published texts on Byzantine, Islamic, Near and Far Eastern silk weaving (4-15 centuries).
Introduction
De zijden stoffen in de Schatkamer van de Sint Servaaskerk te Maastricht
The Silk over the Spine of the Mondsee Gospel Lectionary
The Silks from the Tomb of Archbishop Walter
A Practical Approach to History of Byzantine Silk Weaving
Silks and Saints: The Rider and Peacock Silks from the Relics of St. Cuthbert
Byzantine and Islamic Silks in the Rhine-Maaslands before 1200
From Seed to Samite: Aspects of Byzantine Silk Production
The Impact of the Mediterranean Silk Trade on Western Europe before 1200 AD
The Griffin Silk from St. Trond
Silken Diplomacy
Crossing traditional boundaries: Grub to Glamour in Byzantine silk weaving
The Role of Byzantine Silks in the Ottonian Empire
Politics, piety and the silken cult of relics: Aachen Munster treasury silks in historical context
Silk, Power and Diplomacy in Byzantium
The hidden Jewish element in Byzantium's Silk Industry: Catalyst for the Impact of Byzantine silks on the Latin Church before 1200 AD
The Byzantine silk industry: Lopez and beyond
Constantinople and its Hinterland: Issues of Raw Silk Supply
A Silk Reliquary Pouch from Coppergate
The Silk Fragment from Coppergate, York
Review: Silks at Lyon
Additional Notes
Index
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