Arabic script on Christian kings textile inscriptions on royal garments from Norman Sicily
Isabelle Dolezalek is the recipient of the 2018 ICMA Annual Book Prize. 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 u...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] :
De Gruyter
2017
2017. |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Das Mittelalter. Perspektiven mediävistischer Forschung. Beihefte ;
Band 5 |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009438894406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note on Dating and Transliterations
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter I. Shaping Perceptions: Reading and Interpreting the Norman Arabic Textile Inscriptions
- Chapter II. An Imported Ornament? Comparing the Functions of Textile Inscriptions in Sicily and Fatimid Egypt
- Chapter III. Contextualising Ornament: Seeing and Reading Arabic Textile Inscriptions in Norman Public Display
- Chapter IV. The Kufic Inscription on Roger II's Mantle: Continuity as a Political Choice
- Chapter V. A Textile Archive: The Norman Alb as a Document of Political Authority
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Image Credits
