IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 524: Natural and Social Threads
Tuesday 8 July 2008, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Discussion, Interpretation & Study of Textile Arts, Fabrics & Fashion (DISTAFF) |
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| Organiser: | Anne Reaves, Department of English & Communication, Marian College, Indianapolis |
| Moderator/Chair: | Anne Reaves, Department of English & Communication, Marian College, Indianapolis |
| Paper 524-a | A Survey of Coptic Textiles in Pennsylvania (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - Decorative Arts, Daily Life |
| Paper 524-b | The Wet-Spinning of Flax (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Economics - Trade, Social History, Technology |
| Paper 524-c | Dressing Up the Nuns: The Lingua Ignota and Hildegard of Bingen's Clothing (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Economics - General, Social History, Women's Studies |
| Abstract | The papers in 'Natural and Social Threads' examine the production of fibers and clothing, as well as their social implications in Coptic, Jewish, and Christian worlds. 'A Survey of Coptic Textile in Pennsylvania' focuses on the late antique and early medieval artefacts in two collections in Pennsylvania which are only now receiving full critical attention. 'The Wet-Spinning of Flax' addresses both the technology and Rabbinical literature about the social ramifications of wet-spinning. 'Dressing Up the Nuns' is the first study of the social and economic status of the clothing references in two of Hildegard of Bingen's manuscripts (not just the metaphorical language). Together, the papers range across time and cultures to comment on the natural and social uses of fiber and their products. |