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

by Isabelle Dolezalek

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 use of inscriptions as a textile ornament was common and imbued with political functions in the Islamic courts of the medieval Mediterranean. This case study...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110532026
• ISBN13: 9783110532029
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary