One Silk Textile - Multiple Histories and Her-Stories

Ulla Mannering, Marie-Louise Nosch

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Abstract

The focus of this paper is the reliquary silk textiles from the sacred tomb of King Canute in Odense Cathedral, Denmark. The textiles have undergone numerous life stages, restorations, and analyses in the last thousand years and are entangled with Danish and international political and religious history. We here position a particular textile, the pillow with the birds-and-hearts pattern, in its textile and craft history and provide a discussion of its biography.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Common Thread. Collected Essays in Honour of Eva Andersson Strand
EditorsUlla Mannering, Marie-Louise Nosch, Anne Drewsen
Number of pages14
Place of PublicationTurnhout, Belgium
PublisherBrepols Publishers
Publication date2024
Pages255-268
ISBN (Print)978-2-503-61277-5
ISBN (Electronic)978-2-503-61278-2
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Series New Approaches in Archaeology Series
Volume3

Keywords

  • Silk
  • Viking Age
  • Saint Canute
  • Pillow
  • Early Medieval
  • Samite

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