Almerían silk

Almerían silkswere a class of luxury textiles manufactured inAlmería.During theAlmoravidage, there were 800 workshops in the Islamic town devoted to the manufacture of silks goods. These included luxury fabrics andbrocadescalled "dihaj"and"siqlatun"respectively, silk threads, curtains and netting, striped silks called"attabi",knotted silks called"muajar",silks ofIsfahanistyle and more.^[1]At the height of Almoravid prosperity, in the 12th century, imitations ofBaghdadisilks were especially prized, of which theshroud of San Pedro de Osmais a notable example.^[2]

Almería was, along withCordoba,Malaga,andSeville,one of the centers of silk weaving crafts mentioned most frequently by the writersIbn Hawkal,Yakut,andMakkari.^[3]

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^Constable, Olivia Remie (2012).Medieval Iberia: Readings from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Sources.University of Pennsylvania Press.ISBN 9780812221688.
^Burns, E. Jane (2009).Sea of Silk: A Textile Geography of Women's Work in Medieval French Literature.University of Pennsylvania Press.ISBN 9780812291254.
^Shepherd, Dorothy G. (1958)."Two Medieval Silks from Spain".The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art.45(1): 3–7.JSTOR 25142255.

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A woven brocade fragmentfrom Almeriá, Spain, early 12th century

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[1] Constable, Olivia Remie (2012).Medieval Iberia: Readings from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Sources.University of Pennsylvania Press.ISBN 9780812221688.

[2] Burns, E. Jane (2009).Sea of Silk: A Textile Geography of Women's Work in Medieval French Literature.University of Pennsylvania Press.ISBN 9780812291254.

[3] Shepherd, Dorothy G. (1958)."Two Medieval Silks from Spain".The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art.45(1): 3–7.JSTOR 25142255.

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