12022-06-16T12:29:02-07:00Brooke Hendershottb0a907cd0f989ee79e94592378a1545647719cfb394476plain2022-12-07T13:38:39-08:00Elizabeth Griffith88d5cade55b1586c8abf308311a3248c872ba89cThe production of this Miter is integral for understanding the history of this artifact. To understand the production of this Miter, one must consider the production in tiers. The first tier to consider is the silk used to create this material. The silk was of near Eastern origin and created in either Byzantine or Islamic areas that could be passed on through textile trade routes that the crusades heavily influenced. Through crusade travel and influence, silk materials for religious materials were popular exchange items often passed around during the thirteenth century. This silk material was also found in many other miters and religious pieces, such as another Miter from the Abbey Church of St Peter , in the Abegg Stiftung museum . The description of this Miter emphasizes that the silk was found in middle eastern territories and traded for the use of the construction of the piece. Once the materials were traded and brought forth for the production of the Miter, construction of the entirety of the piece began in Germany, contrary to its final destination of Salzburg, Austria. Here, the work was seen to finality and was ultimately sent to the Abbey church in Salzburg, where it would be used by the church and stay for years to come.
1media/13th century trade routes_thumb.jpeg2022-11-15T21:57:57-08:0013th century trading routes1Here this map supplies a multitude of trading routes throughout the thirteenth century. These routes were heavily influenced by rulers of the time and the crusades that were happening. The trade routes influenced the selling of material goods and textile production.media/13th century trade routes.jpegplain2022-11-15T21:57:57-08:00