تاریخ انتشار
400
محل انتشار
Akhmim (made) Byzantine (made) Egypt (made) -
موضوع
Saints Creatures
نوع
دیگر
زبان
نامشخص
دیجیتال
بله
نسخه خطی
خیر
ابعاد فیزیکی
Linen panel height: 180mm, Linen panel width: 130mm
کتابخانه
Victoria and Albert Museum
شناسه دارایی کتابخانه
T.34-1917
شماره ثبت
T.34-1917
محل کتابخانه
Middle East Section
تاریخ
400
یادداشتها
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
