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

• Main Author: Dolezalek, Isabelle
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Germany De Gruyter 2017; De Gruyter, Inc
• Edition: 1
• Series: Das 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

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...