Yu, Ruibo Exotic Textiles from Medieval Christian Church Treasuries: Circulation, Utilization, and Integration

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Title Exotic Textiles from Medieval Christian Church Treasuries: Circulation, Utilization, and Integration
Author email yuruibo1995@gmail.com
About author Yu, Ruibo — Ph. D. student. Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 12 Pl. du Panthéon, 75005 Paris, France; yuruibo1995@gmail.com; ORCID 0009-0002-3559-1245 — Ph. D. student. Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 12 Pl. du Panthéon, 75005 Paris, France; ORCID 0009-0002-3559-1245
In the section Western European Medieval Art DOI10.18688/aa2313-4-34
Year 2023 Volume 13 Pages 423–440
Type of article RAR Index UDK 7.033.4, 7.033.3 Index BBK 63.3(0)4
Abstract

This essay focuses on a group of medieval textiles produced during the 11th–12th century in the workshops of Islamic Spain. Nevertheless, they were transported into the Occident and were conserved in church treasuries. These textiles are characterized by the decoration motifs of oriental style, such as the adaptation of the grand medallions, the images of mythical animals, and the iconography of sovereigns. The luxurious Islamic textiles were utilized, in the liturgical contexts, as chasubles or shrouds; nevertheless, it is highly probable that these textiles were originally used in architectural contexts in the Islamic world. It is supposed that the function of these reconstructed textiles relates to their original use. The conception of soft architecture in the new sphere intersected with the original function of textiles.
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Reference Yu, Ruibo. Exotic Textiles from Medieval Christian Church Treasuries: Circulation, Utilization, and Integration. Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art: Collection of articles. Vol. 13. Eds A. V. Zakharova, S. V. Maltseva, E. Iu. Staniukovich-Denisova. — Lomonosov Moscow State University / St. Petersburg: NP-Print, 2023, pp. 423–440. ISSN 2312-2129. http://dx.doi.org/10.18688/aa2313-4-34
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