Liturgische Gewänder der Schwarzen Kirche Zu Kronstadt in Siebenbürgen
2016; Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature; Volume: 85; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
2398-1423
Autores Tópico(s)Medieval European History and Architecture
ResumoEvelin Wetter, Liturgische Gewander der Schwarzen Kirche zu Kronstadt in Siebenburgen, with contributions by Corinna Kienzler and Agnes Ziegler (Riggisberg: Abegg-Stiftung, 2015). 2 vols, 484 + 160 pages, 331 illustrations, including 81 line drawings. ISBN 978-3-905014-63-1. CHF 195.00.The study of medieval textiles has recently enjoyed a remarkable resurgence. The new interest in textiles as a medium stems from many causes, among them, an interest in materiality, the interaction among various genres, especially in performative contexts, anthropologically inspired enquiries into the place of objects in rituals, the role of women as makers (although not all textiles were made by women), a focus on works of art less as representations than as actors and agents, and, not least, theoretically driven investigations of the liminal aspects of textiles as shields, barriers, and veils.Previously relegated to the realm of the 'decorative arts', these works enjoyed enormous prestige in the Middle Ages. Medieval inventories reveal that they were far more highly valued than the panel paintings and other works that receive pride of place in today's museums. Their value was due in part to the sheer cost, not only of the materials, but also of the labour that went into their manufacture. It could also, however, be attributed to their prestige value, as the possessions of princes or ecclesiatical institutions for which they constituted essential accoutrements of liturgical rites.The world's foremost centre for the study and conservation of historical textiles, the Abegg-Stiftung, has published a distinguished series of works ranging from inventories, conservation reports, to analytical studies of textiles in their historical contexts. This set of studies and catalogue spans two such categories in magisterial fashion. Following an introduction by Evelin Wetter, which discusses liturgical texts not only in relation to the rite, but also as vessels of memory and as part of a larger system of signs, there follow essays by all three authors on the city of Bracov (Kronstadt) and the 'Black Church' (Ziegler), the corpus of textiles in relation to the inventories (Wetter/Ziegler), their liturgical use prior to the Reformation (Wetter/Ziegler), their function in the Lutheran period (Wetter/Ziegler), changes made to the textiles over the course of the centuries (Kienzler/Wetter), a study of the textiles' material origins, in particular of the silks employed (Kienzler), and, lastly, their local and international ties (Wetter). …
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