Silk for the Vikings / Marianne Vedeler.

Author/Creator:

Vedeler, Marianne, author.

Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2014.

Series:

Ancient textiles series ; 15.
Ancient textiles series ; vol. 15

Format/Description:

Book
viii, 125 pages ; 24 cm.

Subjects:

Vikings -- Clothing -- Scandinavia.
Clothing and dress -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500.
Textile fabrics, Viking -- Scandinavia -- History.
Silk -- Scandinavia -- History.
Viking antiquities -- Scandinavia.

Contents:

Introduction : silk in the Viking age
Silk from the ship burial at Oseberg, Norway
Silk in Viking graves
A short introduction to techniques
Exchanging silk
The long journey to Scandinavia
Persian and early Islamic silk production
Silk in Miklagard : production and regulations in and around the great city of Constantinople
The meaning of silk.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other format:

Online version: Vedeler, Marianne. Silk for the Vikings

ISBN:

9781782972150
1782972153

OCLC:

858352658

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