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Textiles of medieval Iberia : cloth and clothing in a multi-cultural context
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- Summary
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An examination of the fabrics, garments and cloth of the Iberian Middle Ages, bringing out in particular the international context.
Details
- Creator
- edited by Gale R. Owen-Crocker, with María Barrigón, Naḥum Ben-Yehuda and Joana Sequeira
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Owen-Crocker, Gale R., editor
- Barrigón, María (Museum curator) editor
- Ben-Yehuda, Naḥum, editor
- Sequeira, Joana, 1985- editor
- Fábregas, Adela, contributor
- Diago Hernando, Máximo, contributor
- Marín, Manuela, 1945- contributor
- Mateus, Susana Bastos, contributor
- Navarro Espinach, Germán, contributor
- Nogales Rincón, David, contributor
- Publication
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- Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press, 2022
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xx, 391 pages) : illustrations, maps
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9781800106529, 1800106521, 9781783277018, 1783277017, 9781783277018
- OCLC
- on1337067415
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita of The University of Manchester, UK. She has published extensively on early medieval culture, especially dress and textiles. María Barrigón is a curator responsible for medieval textiles at the Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, Spain. She has published on the Las Huelgas collection and other early textiles. Naḥum Ben-Yehuda is an ordained rabbi and MA in Jewish history. He researches and publishes on textiles and garments in Biblical and Rabbinic texts. Joana Sequeira is a Contracted Researcher at the University of Minho (Lab2PT), Portugal. A medieval economic historian, she publishes on textile production, trade and consumption.
- Introduction / María Barrigón, Naḥum Ben-Yehuda, Gale R. Owen-Crocker and Joana Sequeira -- 1. From the Five Kingdoms to the Hispanic Monarchy / David Nogales Rincón -- 2. Textile techniques in the Iberian Peninsula / María Barrigón -- 3. Cloth trade in the Iberian Kingdoms during the late Middle Ages / Máximo Diago Hernando -- 4. Textiles in the Crown of Aragon / Germán Navarro Espinach -- 5. The textile industry in al-Andalus / Adela Fábregas -- 6. Flax, wool and silk: Textile industries in medieval Portugal / Joana Sequeira -- 7. Dress as a language: A survey of Arabic texts from al-Andalus / Manuela Marín -- 8. Muslim dress in medieval Portugal: Textual evidence in the context of the Iberian Peninsula / Maria Filomena Lopes de Barros -- 9. Medieval Castilian garments and their Arabic names / Dolores Serrano-Niza -- 10. Clothing, furnishings and ceremonies at the Castilian Court / María Barrigón -- 11. Fabrics and attire at the Court of Navarre in the second half of the fourteenth century / Merche Osés Urricelqui -- 12. Textile production and Jewish clothing in the Iberian Peninsula / Esperança Valls Pujol -- 13. Silk as reflected in medieval Iberian Jewish literature / Naḥum Ben-Yehuda -- 14. The garment and the difference: The attire of Portuguese Jews and new Christians (Conversos) / Susana Bastos Mateus