Curvilinear stem with leaves border
Hello to all,
To illustrate the Onno Ydema thesis (I haven't read it yet) in the sense of a western gothic border ornamentation style (fig 39, 40, 41) http://www.turkotek.com/old_masters/FIG39.jpg http://www.turkotek.com/old_masters/FIG40.jpg http://www.turkotek.com/old_masters/FIG41.jpg There is an example of a spanish rug (still existing?) with a similar border: http://www.turkotek.com/old_masters/van_eyck.jpg and for the tile joke a typical gothic style pavement from the "biblioteca Antonio Devoto" in Spain: http://www.turkotek.com/old_masters/devoto.jpg Best regards, Y:) |
Hi Yohann,
The «chain-mail» motif, prominent in the field of this peculiar group of rugs, apparently existed in both European- (Roman & medieval) and Asian / Islamic- traditions. The example below shows this motif in another Roman mosaic (villa La Olmeda, Pedrosa della Vega, Palencia.). In its simplest form, as here, the «chain-mail» seems to have been rarely used as field motif in rugs though. http://www.turkotek.com/old_masters/olmeda.jpg * Another curiosity of this (carpet-like) Roman mosaic is the use of the swastika symbol, which one might think to be an essentially Indian- and, most generally, East-Asian religious symbol. The swastika is also the unique motif in the strange rug of FIG 65 of main essay ( Osma Master 1450 ). http://www.turkotek.com/old_masters/osma.jpg Surely one should not underestimate the old and continuous contacts between civilizations. Best regards Pierre |
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