تاريخ النشر
400
مكان النشر
Akhmim (made) Byzantine (made) Egypt (made) -
الموضوع
Saints Creatures
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Linen panel height: 180mm, Linen panel width: 130mm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
T.34-1917
رقم السجل
T.34-1917
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
400
ملاحظات
Weft-faced compound twill, samite. Possibly Egyptian or Byzantine, ca. AD400-600. In numerous fragments so that the imagery cannot been easily identified. Appears to be floral borders creating suqare panels with motifs within the panels. Possibly St Michael. Light and dark brown. Once attached to a linen panel. Samite (twill woven silk) was thought to originate from Persia under Sassanian rule (AD224-651). It was commonly decorated with pairs of animals and birds and set in pearled lotus roundels. It is often found in Western burials, within church possessions and along the Silk Road. Byzantine weaving workshops took on the samite technique to make it an essential weave of the period. It was a luxury textile of the Middle Ages brought to Europe when the Crusades opened up direct contact with the East. It was forbidden to the middle classes of France under the sumptuary rules c. 1470.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Woven silk and linen Silk (Textile) Linen Weaving Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama
Weft-faced compound twill samite. In numerous fragments so that the imagery cannot been easily identified. Appears to be floral borders creating suqare panels with motifs within the panels. Possibly St Michael. Light and dark brown. Once attached to a linen panel.
Üslup
Late Antique
