UID:
almafu_9958354641402883
Format:
1 online resource (275p.)
ISBN:
9783110533873
Series Statement:
Das Mittelalter. Perspektiven mediävistischer Forschung. Beihefte ; 5
Content:
Arabische Schrift – Ornament im Kontext
Content:
Roger II’s famous mantle and other royal garments from twelfth- and thirteenth-century Sicily prominently display Arabic inscriptions. While the phenomenon is highly unusual in the context of Latin Christian kingship, the use of inscriptions as a textile ornament was common and imbued with political functions in the Islamic courts of the medieval Mediterranean. This case study of the inscribed garments from Norman Sicily draws attention to the diverse functions of Arabic textile inscriptions using various contextual frames. Such a contextual approach not only highlights the specificities of the Norman textile inscriptions and emphasises the practical and political choices underlying their use at the Sicilian court, it also pinpoints the flaws of universalising approaches to transcultural ornamental in circulation in the medieval Mediterranean. This new perspective on the royal garments from Norman Sicily draws from a variety of disciplines, including Islamic and European art history, the history of textiles, epigraphy, legal history and historiography, and aims to challenge established notions of cultural and disciplinary boundaries.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Note on Dating and Transliterations --
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Preface --
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Introduction --
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Chapter I. Shaping Perceptions: Reading and Interpreting the Norman Arabic Textile Inscriptions --
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Chapter II. An Imported Ornament? Comparing the Functions of Textile Inscriptions in Sicily and Fatimid Egypt --
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Chapter III. Contextualising Ornament: Seeing and Reading Arabic Textile Inscriptions in Norman Public Display --
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Chapter IV. The Kufic Inscription on Roger II’s Mantle: Continuity as a Political Choice --
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Chapter V. A Textile Archive: The Norman Alb as a Document of Political Authority --
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Conclusion --
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Appendix --
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Image Credits
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-3-11-053388-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-3-11-053212-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-3-11-053202-9
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Hochschulschrift
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1515/9783110533873
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110533873
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