المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
500
مكان النشر
Akhmim (made) Egypt (made) Byzantine (made) -
الموضوع
Africa Archaeology Textiles Death
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Height: 285mm, Width: 105mm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
292-1889
رقم السجل
292-1889
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
500
ملاحظات
Half of a samite medallion, woven in red and cream/buff silk. Egypt or Byzantine ca. AD500-700. A thick border (29mm wide; floral icons, guilloche) encircles a mounted huntsman with a bow, who is attacking a lion/tiger at the horse's feet. The warriors wears a cloak and the horse has a decorative harness. The imagery would have been reversed on the other half of the medallion. The start of another medallion is still visible.The piece is a little stained, has holes and is brittle. Battles between men and animals symbolised the struggle between good and evil in human nature. Similar design as 2185-1900, 2185A-1900, 2185B-1900, 2186-1900 and 817-1903. 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.
İlişki
Chester
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama
Half of a samite medallion, woven in red and cream/buff silk. A thick border (29mm wide; floral icons, guilloche) encircles a mounted huntsman with a bow, who is attacking a lion/tiger at the horse's feet. The warriors wears a cloak and the horse has a decorative harness. The imagery would have been reversed on the other half of the medallion. The start of another medallion is still visible.The piece is a little stained, has holes and is brittle. Battles between men and animals symbolised the struggle between good and evil in human nature. Similar design as 2185-1900, 2185A-1900, 2185B-1900, 2186-1900 and 817-1903.
Üslup
Late Antique
