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Textile fragment

Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	500
Publication Place	Akhmim (made) Egypt (made) Byzantine (made) -
Subject	Africa Archaeology Textiles Death
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 285mm, Width: 105mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	292-1889
Record ID	292-1889
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	500
Notes	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

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown

Publication Date 500

Publication Place Akhmim (made) Egypt (made) Byzantine (made) -

Subject Africa Archaeology Textiles Death

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 285mm, Width: 105mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 292-1889

Record ID 292-1889

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 500

Notes 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