High Medieval textiles of Asian and Middle Eastern provenance at Prague Castle, Czech Republic

0539889 - ARÚ 2021 RIV DK eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Bravermanová, Milena - Březinová, Helena - Bureš Víchová, Jana
High Medieval textiles of Asian and Middle Eastern provenance at Prague Castle, Czech Republic.
Archaeological textiles review. Roč. 2020, č. 62 (2020), s. 126-143. ISSN 2245-7135
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GA19-00166S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985912
Klíčová slova: Prague Castle * Tomb of St. Wenceslaus * Royal Crypt * medieval textiles * lampas * Asia * Middle East * High Middle Ages
Obor OECD: Archaeology
Způsob publikování: Open access
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Eighteen medieval textiles produced in Asia and the Middle East were found in the tomb of St. Wenceslaus and the Royal Crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle. For the most part, the fabrics correspond to contemporary classifications of Asian and Middle Eastern textiles and, with the exception of two fabrics, they are woven using the lampas technique from pure silk. Fabric patterns were woven with a main liseré weft, a silk pattern weft in various colours and a pattern metal weft, typically from a gilded strip of an animal substrate. Plant patterns dominate, in some cases accompanied by animals, geometric elements and inscriptions in Arabic script. Most of the fabrics were made in the 13th and 14th centuries. While the origin of one of the fabrics can be traced directly to North China, the majority of them were woven in Central Asia or North China, a smaller number in Central Asia or the Middle East. The interpretation of the assemblage demonstrates the wealth of the medieval court and Church dignitaries under the Přemyslid and Luxembourg rulers at Prague Castle that enabled them to acquire these highly luxurious goods from distant lands.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0317589