‘Being’ in Constantinople (4th-15th centuries) witnessed through the testimony of precious textiles
Abstract
The article investigates how precious textiles came to embody ‘being in Constantinople’ at different levels of experience between the 4th-15th centuries.
The subject is explored through close analysis of the different types of ‘being’ involved and of the impact of precious textiles within ceremonial and ritual enactment, on those distinct categories of being. The article concludes that precious textiles were ‘synonymous with being at different levels’ in Constantinople by the 15th century.
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MUTHESIUS, A. (2017). ‘Being’ in Constantinople (4th-15th centuries) witnessed through the testimony of precious textiles. Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, 38, 333–354. https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.14231
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