IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 520: Pimp my Belt!: Decorated Accessories of the Rich and Poor in Late Medieval Europe
Tuesday 12 July 2011, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden |
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| Organiser: | Annemarieke Willemsen, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden |
| Moderator/Chair: | Annemarieke Willemsen, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden |
| Paper 520-a | Four Richly Decorated Silver Gilded Belts of the Early 14th Century from the Jewish Erfurt Treasure (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - Decorative Arts, Daily Life, Hebrew and Jewish Studies |
| Paper 520-b | Girdles and Ornament (Language: English) |
| Paper 520-c | The Unlimited Edition: Decorated Belts for Common People from the Netherlands (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - Decorative Arts, Daily Life, Religious Life |
| Abstract | The Leiden Museum recently acquired an extremely large collection of late medieval decorated leather (belts, purses, cases) and metalbase mounts (over 1500 individual pieces). These decorative patterns, objects, shields, fake coins, and characters, mainly in sheet copper and lead-tin alloy, mirror similar mounts in gold and silver. This is the true 'bling-bling' of the later Middle Ages. In this session the Dutch material will be compared with finds of valuable decorated belts from Germany and Great Britain, to investigate the similarities and differences of the messages conveyed by rich and poor via their shining accessories. |