Precious Cloth and Court Culture

Preface


Part One. Latin Europe and the Byzantine/Islamic Mediterranean: Trans- and Cross-cultural Exchange and the Mediaeval World of Silks, by Anna Muthesius; Byzantine, Islamic and Near Eastern Silks, Expressions of Courtly Piety and Power at the Merovingian, Carolingian, Ottonian and Later Latin Courts, by Anna Muthesius; Precious Textiles and Courtly Culture in Medieval Castile (ca. 1155-ca.1284), by Maria Barrigon Montanes; 'Mix And Match': The Furnishing of English Royal Palaces in the Later Middle Ages (1300-1470), by Lisa Monnas; 'Thre Cusshions of Clothe of Gold Tissued': The Role of Luxury Textiles at the Court of Henry VIII, by Maria Hayward; Early Modern Fashionable Bobbin-Made Lace or Passement of Gold and Silver Thread, by Lena Dahren; 'Silk as Power' at the Byzantine Court and Intra-Cultural Connectivity across the Silk Road (4-15 Century), by Anna Muthesius


Part Two. Eurasia and the Far East: Precious Cloths in the Singhas?ri Court of King Krtan?gara 1258-1292, by Lesley Pullen; Early Chinese Rank Badges. A Collector's Note, by Chris Hall; From Heaven to Earth: Transformation of Motifs on Ming Court Robes (14th-16th Century), by Sally Yu Leung; Ottoman Turkish Ceremonial Court Attire and Furnishings: Symbols of Power and Dynastic Heritage, by Sibel Alpaslan Arca


Index


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• História da arte: a arte bizantina e medieval c 500 CE a c 1400
• Obras em matérias têxteis
• História social e cultural
• Moda e sociedade
• Fiação e tecelagem
• Tecnologia das fibras e dos texteis
• História da moda

Byzantine/Islamic Mediterranean; Lion-Hunt Silk Damask; St Ambrose's Dalmatic; Silk Weaving Technology; Passement; Byzantine Court; Singhasari Court; King Krtanagara; Ming Court; Ottoman Turkish