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Medieval Treasures of Toledo Cathedral : Artworks, Relics, Texts, and Textiles /

Medieval Treasures of Toledo Cathedral : Artworks, Relics, Texts, and Textiles / Artworks, Relics, Texts, and Textiles edited by Therese Martin. - 1 online resource (736 pages) : illustrations. - Art and Material Culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe ; 28 Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025 . - Art and Material Culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe ; 28. Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures, Graphs and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Art/Historical Puzzles in the Treasury of Toledo Cathedral -- Therese Martin -- Part 1 Written Sources—What Inventories Tell Us about Treasures -- 2 A Holy Asset: the Treasure of Toledo Cathedral, 1086–1330 -- Francisco J. Hernández -- 3 Ordering Objects: Storing and Recording in Toledo Cathedral, c.1340–c.1540 -- Tom Nickson -- Part 2 Material Sources—What Treasures Tell Us about Cathedrals -- 4 Louis’s Bible and Alfonso’s Cantigas: Royal Manuscripts in Dialogue -- Shannon L. Wearing -- 5 A Sensory Spectacle: Limoges Caskets at Toledo Cathedral -- Jitske Jasperse -- 6 Lost and Found: Medieval Ivories from the Mediterranean to Toledo Cathedral … and Beyond -- Silvia Armando -- 7 A Leap of Faith: Isaac Caro’s “ Tefillin Case” and the Quest for Sephardic Material Culture -- Julie A. Harris -- 8 Medieval Textiles from Toledo Cathedral: New Readings from the Long Life of the Collection -- Ana Cabrera Lafuente -- 9 Reconsidering the “Medieval” Treasury: Absence and Early Modern Transformation in Iberian Cathedrals -- María Judith Feliciano -- 10 X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Medieval Treasured Artworks, Coins, and Textiles -- Xosé-Lois Armada and Ignacio Montero-Ruiz -- Index of People -- Index of Places -- Index of Subjects.

With Medieval Treasures of Toledo Cathedral: Artworks, Relics, Texts, and Textiles , the Treasury Project continues exploring how treasuries accommodated the evolving interests of their holders across the Middle Ages. Following up on The Medieval Iberian Treasury in the Context of Cultural Interchange, Expanded Edition (Brill, 2020), this volume focuses on a selection of the precious objects and multiple inventories of Toledo Cathedral (12th-16th centuries). Methodologies from art history, material culture, history, and archaeology are drawn upon, analyzing inventories together with textiles, metalworks, enamels, rock crystals, ivories, and illuminated manuscripts. Artifacts act as evidence alongside archival sources, while technical analyses make crucial contributions to the story that long-lived objects can tell us about their origins, functions, changing meanings, and reuse in medieval Iberia. Contributors are Xosé-Lois Armada, Silvia Armando, Ana Cabrera Lafuente, María Judith Feliciano, Julie A. Harris, Francisco J. Hernández, Jitske Jasperse, Therese Martin, Ignacio Montero-Ruiz, Tom Nickson, and Shannon L. Wearing.


English

9789004747425

10.1163/9789004747425 DOI


Archaeology.
Art History.
Material Studies.
Museum Studies.

N5305

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