Textiles And Cult In The Ancient Mediterranean
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Textiles And Cult In The Ancient Mediterranean
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Author : Cecilie Brøns
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-07-31
Textiles And Cult In The Ancient Mediterranean written by Cecilie Brøns and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-31 with Social Science categories.
Twenty-four experts from the fields of Ancient History, Semitic philology, Assyriology, Classical Archaeology, and Classical Philology come together in this volume to explore the role of textiles in ancient religion in Greece, Italy, The Levant and the Near East. Recent scholarship has illustrated how textiles played a large and very important role in the ancient Mediterranean sanctuaries. In Greece, the so-called temple inventories testify to the use of textiles as votive offerings, in particular to female divinities. Furthermore, in several cults, textiles were used to dress the images of different deities. Textiles played an important role in the dress of priests and priestesses, who often wore specific garments designated by particular colours. Clothing regulations in order to enter or participate in certain rituals from several Greek sanctuaries also testify to the importance of dress of ordinary visitors. Textiles were used for the furnishings of the temples, for example in the form of curtains, draperies, wall-hangings, sun-shields, and carpets. This illustrates how the sanctuaries were potential major consumers of textiles; nevertheless, this particular topic has so far not received much attention in modern scholarship. Furthermore, our knowledge of where the textiles consumed in the sanctuaries came from, where they were produced, and by who is extremely limited. Textiles and Cult in the Ancient Mediterranean examines the topics of textile production in sanctuaries, the use of textiles as votive offerings and ritual dress using epigraphy, literary sources, iconography and the archaeological material itself.
Textiles In Ancient Mediterranean Iconography
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Author : Susanna Harris
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2022-02-03
Textiles In Ancient Mediterranean Iconography written by Susanna Harris and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-03 with History categories.
This volume provides an ambitious synopsis of the complex, colourful world of textiles in ancient Mediterranean iconography. A wealth of information on ancient textiles is available from depictions such as sculpture, vase painting, figurines, reliefs and mosaics. Commonly represented in clothing, textiles are also present in furnishings and through the processes of textile production. The challenge for anyone analysing ancient iconography is determining how we interpret what we see. As preserved textiles rarely survive in comparable forms, we must consider the extent to which representations of textiles reflect reality, and critically evaluate the sources. Images are not simple replicas or photographs of reality. Instead, iconography draws on select elements from the surrounding world that were recognisable to the ancient audience, and reveal the perceptions, ideologies, and ideas of the society in which they were produced. Through examining the durable evidence, this anthology reveals the ephemeral world of textiles and their integral role in the daily life, cult and economy of the ancient Mediterranean.
Gods And Garments
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Author : Cecilie Br¿ns
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2016-11-30
Gods And Garments written by Cecilie Br¿ns and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-30 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
Textiles comprise a vast and wide category of material culture and constitute a crucial part of the ancient economy. Yet, studies of classical antiquity still often leave out this important category of material culture, partly due to the textiles themselves being only rarely preserved in the archaeological record. This neglect is also prevalent in scholarship on ancient Greek religion and ritual, although it is one of the most vibrant and rapidly developing branches of classical scholarship. The aim of the present enquiry is, therefore, to introduce textiles into the study of ancient Greek religion and thereby illuminate the roles textiles played in the performance of Greek ritual and their wider consequences. Among the questions posed are how and where we can detect the use of textiles in the sanctuaries, and how they were used in rituals including their impact on the performance of these rituals and the people involved. Chapters centre on three themes: first, the dedication of textiles and clothing accessories in Greek sanctuaries is investigated through a thorough examination of the temple inventories. Second, the use of textiles to dress ancient cult images is explored. The examination of Hellenistic and Roman copies of ancient cult images from Asia Minor as well as depictions of cult images in vase-painting in collocation with written sources illustrates the existence of this particular ritual custom in ancient Greece. Third, the existence of dress codes in the Greek sanctuaries is addressed through an investigation of the existence of particular attire for ritual personnel as well as visitors to the sanctuaries with the help of iconography and written sources. By merging the study of Greek religion and the study of textiles, the current study illustrates how textiles are, indeed, central materialisations of Greek cult, by reason of their capacity to accentuate and epitomize aspects of identity, spirituality, position in the religious system, by their forms as links between the maker, user, wearer, but also as key material agents in the performance of rituals and communication with the divine.
Gods And Garments
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Author : Cecilie Brøns
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Gods And Garments written by Cecilie Brøns and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Clothing and dress categories.
Archaeology And Fertility Cult In The Ancient Mediterranean
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Author : Anthony Bonanno
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 1986
Archaeology And Fertility Cult In The Ancient Mediterranean written by Anthony Bonanno and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Social Science categories.
The papers in this volume derive from the First International Conference on Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean (Malta, 1985). The field remains divided between the view supporting the existence of a universal belief in an all-pervading and all-embracing Mother Goddess of which the fertility cult is just one, albeit important, aspect and the view questioning the very bases of that theory. This conference showed that there seems to be a greater disposition for further dialogue. The fertility content in Near Eastern and Classical religions remains indisputable. The conference proved to be also, not accidentally, of special significance to Maltese archaeology. The volume is divided into four sections: Section I. Prehistory; Section II. Prehistory, Malta; Section III. Phoenician and Near Eastern Religions; Section IV. The Greco-Roman World.
Textiles Trade And Theories
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Author : Kerstin Droß-Krüpe
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Textiles Trade And Theories written by Kerstin Droß-Krüpe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with International trade categories.
Women S Ritual Competence In The Greco Roman Mediterranean
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Author : Matthew Dillon
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2016-10-14
Women S Ritual Competence In The Greco Roman Mediterranean written by Matthew Dillon and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-14 with History categories.
Contributions in this volume demonstrate how, across the ancient Mediterranean and over hundreds of years, women’s rituals intersected with the political, economic, cultural, or religious spheres of their communities in a way that has only recently started to gain sustained academic attention. The volume aims to tease out a number of different approaches and contexts, and to expand existing studies of women in the ancient world as well as scholarship on religious and social history. The contributors face a famously difficult task: ancient authors rarely recorded aspects of women’s lives, including their songs, prophecies, and prayers. Many of the objects women made and used in ritual were perishable and have not survived; certain kinds of ritual objects (lowly undecorated pots, for example) tend not even to be recorded in archaeological reports. However, the broad range of contributions in this volume demonstrates the multiplicity of materials that can be used as evidence – including inscriptions, textiles, ceramics, figurative art, and written sources – and the range of methodologies that can be used, from analysis of texts, images, and material evidence to cognitive and comparative approaches.
Archaeology And Fertility Cult In The Ancient Mediterranean
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Author : Antony Bonanno
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Archaeology And Fertility Cult In The Ancient Mediterranean written by Antony Bonanno and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Archaeology categories.
Religious Convergence In The Ancient Mediterranean
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Author : Sandra Blakely
language : en
Publisher: Lockwood Press
Release Date : 2019-12-15
Religious Convergence In The Ancient Mediterranean written by Sandra Blakely and has been published by Lockwood Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-15 with Religion categories.
This volume brings together scholars in religion, archaeology, philology, and history to explore case studies and theoretical models of converging religions. The twenty-four essays offered in this volume, which derive from Hittite, Cilician, Lydian, Phoenician, Greek, and Roman cultural settings, focus on encounters at the boundaries of cultures, landscapes, chronologies, social class and status, the imaginary, and the materially operative. Broad patterns ultimately emerge that reach across these boundaries, and suggest the state of the question on the study of convergence, and the potential fruitfulness for comparative and interdisciplinary studies as models continue to evolve.
Textile Terminologies From The Orient To The Mediterranean And Europe 1000 Bc To 1000 Ad
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Author : Salvatore Gaspa
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2017
Textile Terminologies From The Orient To The Mediterranean And Europe 1000 Bc To 1000 Ad written by Salvatore Gaspa and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Mediterranean Region categories.
The papers in this volume derive from the conference on textile terminology held in June 2014 at the University of Copenhagen. Around 50 experts from the fields of Ancient History, Indo-European Studies, Semitic Philology, Assyriology, Classical Archaeology, and Terminology from twelve different countries came together at the Centre for Textile Research, to discuss textile terminology, semantic fields of clothing and technology, loan words, and developments of textile terms in Antiquity. They exchanged ideas, research results, and presented various views and methods. This volume contains 35 chapters, divided into five sections: - Textile terminologies across the ancient Near East and the Southern Levant - Textile terminologies in Europe and Egypt - Textile terminologies in metaphorical language and poetry - Textile terminologies: examples from China and Japan - Technical terms of textiles and textile tools and methodologies of classifications