Sovereign, Saint, and City: Honor and Reuse of Textiles in the Treasury of San Isidoro (Leon)
The textiles currently housed in the treasury of the collegiate church of San Isidoro de León are part of a centuries-long process of collecting relics at the heart of an emblematic royal mausoleum. Instead of studying them through the prism of the "charter of 1063," this investigation pro...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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| In: |
Medieval encounters
Year: 2019, Volume: 25, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 96-123 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
San Isidoro (León)
/ Treasury
/ Luxury goods
/ Textiles
/ Relic veneration
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CG Christianity and Politics KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KBH Iberian Peninsula |
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Arabic epigraphy
B reliquary linings B saints' relics B ṭirāz B textile reuse |
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| Summary: | The textiles currently housed in the treasury of the collegiate church of San Isidoro de León are part of a centuries-long process of collecting relics at the heart of an emblematic royal mausoleum. Instead of studying them through the prism of the "charter of 1063," this investigation proposes a wider look at the place of luxurious textiles in Castile and León before and after the arrival of Saint Isidore's relics. What emerges is an intricate relationship between the mythification of the city of León as a civitas regia, the Leonese monarchy's concept of antiquity in legitimizing their rule, and the refinement associated with the royal court and its sacred performance of the cults of saints. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0674 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Medieval encounters
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700674-12340040 |