UID:
almahu_9949865543902882
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781805432777 (ebook)
Serie:
Medieval and Renaissance clothing and textiles
Inhalt:
An interdisciplinary study of the uses, meanings, and social impact of Viking Age textiles. This volume offers the first full study of archaeological fabrics and their decoration found in the North Atlantic region and dating broadly from the Viking or Norse period. With contributions from both academic scholars and practitioners, it shows how approaching early medieval textiles from archaeological, historical and literary contexts, and through the processes of learning and employing the traditional skills of making them, brings about a more nuanced understanding of early medieval cloths: their creation, use and meanings within their respective societies. The book is divided into two parts. The first, "Textiles and their Interpretation", takes the reader on a journey from how wool was processed in the Viking Age, and the conservator's role in preserving and interpreting archaeological textiles, to different types of analyses that researchers use to understand and explain textiles from across the wide area of the Viking-influenced North Atlantic region. The second, "Understanding through Replicating", investigates the results of practical experiments in the reconstruction of surviving medieval fabrics and the resulting empirical conclusions that can be made about their manufacture and wider cultural implications.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 May 2024).
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Front cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Note on Old Norse Characters -- Part I Textiles and their Interpretation -- 1 Sheep, Wool, and Fleece Processing: Where It All Began -- 2 Potential Insights on Archaeological Textiles -- 3 King Harald's Grey Cloak -- 4 Re-clothing the Inhabitants of Tenth-century Dublin -- 5 The Sensory Archaeology of Early Medieval Fabrics -- 6 The Function of Written Textiles in the Íslendingasögur -- 7 The Medieval Mantles of Hibernia -- Part II Understanding through Replicating -- 8 Planning Decisions for Reproduction Fabrics -- 9 The Value of Intangible Knowledge -- 10 Collaborative Working Practices -- 11 From Wool to Mitten -- Glossary -- Index.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: ISBN 9781837650132
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781805432777/type/BOOK
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