Bringing the Holy Land Home: The Crusades, Chertsey Abbey, and the Reconstruction of a Medieval Masterpiece

Sources and further reading

By Finley Cassidy '22

2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving : A Loan Exhibition Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec 7, 1951 to Jan 27, 1952 The Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb 27, 1952 to Mar 25, 1952. s.n., 1951. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cat06787a&AN=chc.b1014573&site=eds-live&scope=site.

Cormack, Robin. Byzantine Art Robin Cormack. Oxford History of Art. Oxford University Press, 2000. https://search-ebscohost-com.holycross.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cat06787a&AN=chc.b3337696&site=eds-live&scope=site.

Morris, F. “Catalogue of Textile Fabrics, The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.” Unpublished catalogue, Washington, DC, 1940. Read online

Thompson, D. “Catalogue of Textiles in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection.” Unpublished catalogue, Dumbarton Oaks Museum Archives, Washington, DC, 1976. Read online

Kitzinger, Ernst, and Uniform Title: Early medieval art in the British Museum. Early Medieval Art, with Illustrations from the British Museum and British Library Collections Ernst Kitzinger. Rev. ed. Midland Book: MB-65. Indiana University Press, 1983. https://search-ebscohost-com.holycross.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cat06787a&AN=chc.b1455726&site=eds-live&scope=site.

Ernst Hoke, and Ingeborg Petrascheck-Heim. “Microprobe Analysis of Gilded Silver Threads from Mediaeval Textiles.” Studies in Conservation 22, no. 2 (May 1, 1977): 49–62. doi:10.2307/1505702.

Kitzinger, Ernst. 1955. Early medieval art in the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum.

Nees, Lawrence. 2002. Early medieval art. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Foreman, Amanda. "The Amazon Women: Is there any truth behind the myth?" In The Smithsonian Magazine. April (2014). https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amazon-women-there-any-truth-behind-myth-180950188/
 

Artist unknown. Roundel with Amazons on Horseback. Ca. 7-9th century C.E. Weft-faced compound twill (samite) in polychrome silk. H. (warp) 22.4 cm × W. (weft) 18.9 cm (8 13/16 × 7 7/16 in.). Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, purchase Washington D.C. From: The Dumbarton Oaks collection, https://www.doaks.org/resources/textiles/catalogue/BZ.1946.15 (Accessed December 1st 2021) 
 

Artist unknown. Roundel with Amazons and a cross. Ca. 7-9th century C.E.Weft-faced compound twill (samite) in green, beige, and brownish silk. 8 3/16 x 8 1/4in. (20.8 x 20.9cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. From: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, http://www.metmuseum.org (Accessed December 1st 2021) 
 

Artist unknown. Medallion Depicting Addorsed Amazons on Horseback. 6-7th century C.E. Silk; samite (weft-faced compound twill). Textile: H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm) W. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm) Mount: H. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm) W. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm) D. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. From: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, http://www.metmuseum.org (Accessed December 1st 2021) 

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