The hidden life of textiles in the medieval and early modern Mediterranean
Subtitle: contexts and cross-cultural encounters in the Islamic, Latinate and Eastern Christian worlds
By: edited by Nikolaos Vryzidis
Contributors: British School at Athens; Mouseio Islamikēs Technēs (Mouseio Benakē)
Series: Medieval and Post-Medieval Mediterranean Archaeology (MPMAS) -- III; Medieval and Post-Medieval Mediterranean archaeology series -- 3.
Publisher: Brepols
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Turnhout, Belgium
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9782503587738
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Textile fabrics; Congresses; Textile industry; History; Textiles et tissus; Congrès; Industrie et commerce; Histoire; Textilien
Other titles: 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.
Description: 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.
Notes: "Glossary of textile terms ...": pages 284-286.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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