Author
Unknown
Publication Date
500
Publication Place
Byzantine Empire (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Warp length: 9.25in, Warp length: 23.5cm, Weft length: 16.25in, Weft length: 41cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.446-1971
Record ID
T.446-1971
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
500
Notes
Textile fragment 'Lion Hunters' of woven silk, Byzantine Empire, 500-799
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Woven silk
Fiziksel açıklama
Textile fragment of woven silk. 1/2 twill with inner warp. The warp proportion is 1:1. Multi-coloured silk including blue, white, red, beige and brown. The design consists of one and a half large medallions. Within each large medallion are two confronted horsemen. Each one holds a spear, and with a downward thrust kills a lion beneath the horse. The horseman are in mirror image to each other. The scene is enclosed by a medallion whose inner and outer edges are multicoloured and whose main design consists of stylised heart-shaped flowers. There is also the left portion of a second large medallion. The two large medallions are connected by a smaller roundel whose design, multicoloured edges and heart-shaped stylised flowers repeats that of the larger medallion. These smaller roundels occur at the four cardinal points on the larger: centre, top, bottom, right and left. The diamond shaped ground created by the inter-connected medallions appear to have a design of stylised flowers and foliage, but its exact pattern is not legible.
