Textiles in Manuscripts: A Local and Global History of the Book
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Author: Melissa Moreton, Suzanne Conklin Akbari (eds.)
Preserved between the covers of books, textiles offer a remarkable glimpse into how the local production of books was connected to vibrant global trade networks from late antiquity through the early modern period. This volume takes a unique interdisciplinary approach to examining the widespread use of textiles in books and manuscripts, ranging from practical uses to the ornamental and beyond. It opens a deeper understanding of trade, patronage, and religious and cultural networks.Textiles appear in manuscripts in many forms: as a delicate overlay used to adorn or protect a precious painted illumination; as silk robes wrapping sacred texts; as the sturdy fabric that supports an intricately sewn binding; as a repurposed bit of cloth, taken from a liturgical vestment, concealed within the volume to convey sacrality.
ISBN 9783689241179. De Gruyter. hb. 320 pages. 100 colour, 50 b/w ills. 28 x 21 cm.
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Preserved between the covers of books, textiles offer a remarkable glimpse into how the local production of books was connected to vibrant global trade networks from late antiquity through the early modern period. This volume takes a unique interdisciplinary approach to examining the widespread use of textiles in books and manuscripts, ranging from practical uses to the ornamental and beyond. It opens a deeper understanding of trade, patronage, and religious and cultural networks.Textiles appear in manuscripts in many forms: as a delicate overlay used to adorn or protect a precious painted illumination; as silk robes wrapping sacred texts; as the sturdy fabric that supports an intricately sewn binding; as a repurposed bit of cloth, taken from a liturgical vestment, concealed within the volume to convey sacrality.
ISBN 9783689241179. De Gruyter. hb. 320 pages. 100 colour, 50 b/w ills. 28 x 21 cm.
available