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

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 u...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2017
Series:Das Mittelalter. Perspektiven mediävistischer Forschung. Beihefte
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