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Studies in Byzantine, Islamic & Near Eastern Silk Weaving by Anna Muthesius 24 x 17 cm 456 pp. 174 illus., 154 in colour Publication: November 2008 ISBN 1 899828 41 9 Cloth Bound This volume acts as a companion to Professor Muthesius' two earlier volumes in this series, Studies in Byzantine and Islamic Silk Weaving and Studies in Silk in Byzantium . It brings together another seventeen important papers dating between 1995 and 2007. These new papers emphasise silk as a ¿catalyst for communication' between cultures, and as an agent for cementing international relations. They demonstrate how far Byzantine silks influenced the Latin West and the Islamic Mediterranean, as well as the Near East . At the same time it is clear that Near Eastern silks were penetrating Western Europe by the thirteenth to fourteenth centuries. Throughout, Professor Muthesius applies her pioneering research method. Her object-led research combines first hand practical, empirical analysis with inter-disciplinary theoretical approaches, in order to allow for a fully rounded exploration of her research themes. Taken together, this volume and its two companions in the series demonstrate that silk was a key artefact within ¿Material Culture across civilisations'. Silks acted as the mirror of a shared culture of objects, and of shared beliefs and values as held across the Byzantine and Islamic Mediterranean, the Latin West and the Near Eastern world. Contents Preface I A Millennium of Byzantine Silks II Silk as Politics in Byzantium III Silken Dress Codes, Gender and Power in Byzantium IV The Silk Patronage of the Emperor Henry II (d. 1024) V A Tribute to Donald King: Silken Embroidery and Orthodox Faith in Byzantium VI Silk as Fabric of Monastic Life in Byzantium : Silks at Patmos and Sinai VII Sealed for God: Reliquary Bags, Burses and Purses (4th¿15th Centuries) VIII The Exotic Near Eastern Silks at Canterbury Cathedral IX Byzantine Silks in the Latin West: Economic and Artistic Exchange or Political Ploy? X Mediterranean Silks in the Caucasus XI Byzantine Orthodoxy and the Silken Cult of St. Cuthbert XII The Silk Heritage of Durham Cathedral XIII Durham Mediaeval Silks: Problems of Research and Conservation XIV Two Unknown Tapestry Weave Silks from Croatia XV Material Culture and Well-being in Byzantium XVI Silk at Sinai XVII The Importance of Textiles to the Understanding of Byzantine Civilisation Index Acknowledgements List of Plates Plates Language : english text Size: 170 x 240 mm.

Edizione: edition originale.