Arabic Script on Christian Kings Textile Inscriptions on Royal Garments from Norman Sicily

Isabelle Dolezalek is the recipient of the 2018 ICMA Annual Book Prize. Roger II’s famous mantle and other royal garments from twelfth- and thirteenth-century Sicily prominently display Arabic inscriptions. While the phenomenon is highly unusual in the context of Latin Christian kingship, the use of...

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Main Author Dolezalek, Isabelle
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany De Gruyter 2017
De Gruyter, Inc
Edition1
SeriesDas Mittelalter. Perspektiven mediävistischer Forschung. Beihefte
Subjects
Arabic
CE period up to c 1500
D111-203
General history of Europe
History
HISTORY / Medieval
History and Archaeology
Islamic textile fabrics
Mediterranean
Mittelmeerraum
Norman Sicily
Normannen
Sizilien
Textiles
Textiles, Norman Sicily, Arabic, Mediterranean
Textilien
Time period qualifiers
Sicily
Italy
Textiles, Norman Sicily, Arabic, Mediterranean
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro -- Contents -- Note on Dating and Transliterations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter I. Shaping Perceptions: Reading and Interpreting the Norman Arabic Textile Inscriptions -- Chapter II. An Imported Ornament? Comparing the Functions of Textile Inscriptions in Sicily and Fatimid Egypt -- Chapter III. Contextualising Ornament: Seeing and Reading Arabic Textile Inscriptions in Norman Public Display -- Chapter IV. The Kufic Inscription on Roger II's Mantle: Continuity as a Political Choice -- Chapter V. A Textile Archive: The Norman Alb as a Document of Political Authority -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Image Credits
  • Contents --
  • Preface --
  • Chapter III. Contextualising Ornament: Seeing and Reading Arabic Textile Inscriptions in Norman Public Display --
  • Chapter IV. The Kufic Inscription on Roger II's Mantle: Continuity as a Political Choice --
  • Chapter V. A Textile Archive: The Norman Alb as a Document of Political Authority --
  • Note on Dating and Transliterations --
  • Chapter II. An Imported Ornament? Comparing the Functions of Textile Inscriptions in Sicily and Fatimid Egypt --
  • Conclusion --
  • Chapter I. Shaping Perceptions: Reading and Interpreting the Norman Arabic Textile Inscriptions --
  • Image Credits
  • Frontmatter --
  • Introduction --
  • Appendix --