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The Chertsey Tiles, the Crusades, and Global Textile Motifs

The Chertsey Tiles, the Crusades, and Global Textile Motifs

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Series: Elements in the Global Middle Ages

General World History

ISBN10: 1009353179
ISBN13: 9781009353175
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Dec 21 2023
Pages: 102
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.21 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
While visual cultures mingled comfortably along the silk roads and on the shores of the Mediterranean, medieval England has sometimes been viewed - by both medieval and more recent writers - as isolated. In this Element the author introduces new evidence to show that this understanding of medieval England's visual relationship to the rest of the world demands revision. An international team led by the author has completed a digital reconstruction of the so-called Chertsey combat tiles (sophisticated pictorial floor tiles made c. 1250, England), including both images and lost Latin texts. Grounded in the discoveries made while completing this reconstruction, the author proposes new conclusions regarding the historical circumstances within which the Chertsey tiles were commissioned and their significant connections with global textile traditions.

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