Byssus with embroidery, or embroidery with byssus?
In antiquity, byssus was thought to be a fibre, which was used to manufacture very exclusive, lightweight fabric. As with so many things which fall into disuse, the origins of this material became somewhat of a mystery. The dictionaries consulted regarding the meaning of the word byssus state that i...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Unisa Press
2018
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| Dans: |
Journal for semitics
Année: 2018, Volume: 27, Numéro: 1, Pages: 1-9 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Byssus
/ Toile (tissu)
/ tau (Lettre)
/ Nef
/ Phönikien
/ Bibel. Ezechiel 27,1-11
B Antiquité / Toile (tissu) / Ornementation (musique) |
| RelBib Classification: | BC Religions du Proche-Orient ancien |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Embroidery
B Phoenician sails B Linen B Byssus |
| Accès en ligne: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Résumé: | In antiquity, byssus was thought to be a fibre, which was used to manufacture very exclusive, lightweight fabric. As with so many things which fall into disuse, the origins of this material became somewhat of a mystery. The dictionaries consulted regarding the meaning of the word byssus state that it was probably a very fine type of linen. As a result of this, I.M.Diakonoff, in his in-depth article “The Naval Power and Trade of Tyre” refers to the sails of the Phoenician ships in Ezekiel 27:7 as made of “byssus with embroidery”. In this article, the real source of byssus is investigated to come to a better understanding of what it was and whether it could possibly have served as material for sails on Phoenician ships. |
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| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal for semitics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.25159/1013-8471/4054 HDL: 10520/EJC-12280b3a9b |