Beschreibung
In the Middle Ages, silk was the preferred textile material for expressing wealth and status. While luxury fabrics were imported from Byzantium and Spain until the 13th century, silk fabrics from the Mongolian Empire arrived in the West after 1300. Patterns composed of Chinese, Persian, and Muslim motifs carried a new aesthetic to Europe. The book deals with garments and objects from panni tartarici, which have been preserved in tombs, church treasures and museum collections. Based on the form and function of the textiles, sources, texts and images show how the clergy and nobility acquired the foreign material. By examining regions of origin and tracing the routes of silk to the West, the study addresses globalization in the pre-modern era.
Autorenporträt
Juliane von Fircks ist Professorin für Kunstgeschichte des Mittelalters an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Nach Studium und Promotion an der FU Berlin lehrte sie an der Universität Mainz. Sie forscht zu Seidengeweben des hohen und späten Mittelalters, französischer und deutscher Skulptur sowie Objekten und Bildern der höfischen Minne.
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