RIGGISBERGER BERICHTE, Volume 5

Islamische Textilkunst des Mittelalters: Aktuelle Probleme
(Islamic textile art of the Middle Ages: current problems)

Textile historians and Islamic scientists explain the general historical background and the economic conditions prevailing in the days of the Fatimids. They trace the original function of Islamic textiles in medieval documents and literary works of the Orient. Linguistic and epigraphic studies of the woven or embroidered inscriptions investigate the content and meaning of the aphorisms, which are often quoted. Finally, technical weaving problems of individual fabrics are illustrated and characteristic textile groups analyzed. The book contains the records, reflecting the latest state of knowledge, of an interdisciplinary colloquium held in November 1995 and is also a supplement to the first large catalogue of the Abegg Foundation’s collection of "Medieval textiles I”.

ZUR FUNKTION ISLAMISCHER, INSBESONDERE FATIMIDISCHER TEXTILIEN

Jonathan M. Bloom
The Fatimids (909-1171), Their Ideology and Their Art
J. Christoph Bürgel
Gewebe in frühen arabischen und persischen Texten (Lesefrüchte eines Laien)
Yedida K. Stillman
Textiles and Patterns Come to Life Trough the Cairo Geniza
Georgette Cornu
Sources iconographiques pour l'étude des tissus et costumes islamiques du IXe siècle
Muhammad Abbas M. Salim
The Function of Some Woven Fabrics in Riggisberg
Jochen A. Sokoly
Between Life and Death: The Funerary Context of Tiraz Textiles
Ruth Barnes
From India to Egypt: The Newberry Collection and the Indian Ocean Trade

INSCHRIFTEN AUF ISLAMISCHEN TEXTILIEN

Sheila S. Blair
Inscriptions on Medieval Islamic Textiles
Irene A. Biermann
Inscribing the City: Fatimid Cairo
Jochen A. Sokoly
Towards a Model of Early Islamic Textile Institutions in Egypt
Muhammad Abbas M. Salim
The Inscriptions on Islamic Fabrics in the Abegg Foundation
Sheila S. Blair
A Note on the Prayers Inscribed on Several Medieval Silk Textiles in the Abegg Foundation
Regula Schorta
Technische Aspekte gewebter Inschriften

ZUR ENTWICKLUNG DER WEBTECHNIKEN

Karel Otavsky
Remarques techniques concernant des tissus égyptiens, perses et ibériques de la Fondation Abegg
Leonie von Wilckens
Fatimidische Gewebe mit gewirktem Dekor im Vergleich mit spanischen und sizilischen
Regula Schorta
Zur Entwicklung der Lampastechnik
Sophie Desrosiers
Draps d'areste (III): Singularité du tissage et origine des tisserands
Daniël de Jonghe
Sur la technologie des soieries double-étoffe à trois chaînes