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The Medieval Iberian Treasury in the Context of Cultural Interchange - 978-90-04-42459-3 Downloaded from Brill.com12/09/2020 01:16:36PM via free access - 978-90-04-42459-3 Downloaded from Brill.com12/09/2020 01:16:36PM via free access The Medieval Iberian Treasury in the Context of Cultural Interchange Expanded Edition Edited by Therese Martin LEIDEN | BOSTON - 978-90-04-42459-3 Downloaded from Brill.com12/09/2020 01:16:36PM via free access This is an open access title distributed under the terms of the CC BY-N C-N D 4.0 license, which permits any non- commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided no alterations are made and the original author(s) and source are credited. Further information and the complete license text can be found at https:// creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by- nc- nd/ 4.0/ The terms of the CC license apply only to the original material. The use of material from other sources (indicated by a reference) such as diagrams, illustrations, photos and text samples may require further permission from the respective copyright holder. Originally published, in part, as Volume 25, No. 1– 2 (2019) of Brill’s journal Medieval Encounters. Chapter 9 was originally published as Nancy L. Wicker, “The Scandinavian Container at San Isidoro, León, in the Context of Viking Art and Society,” Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies 11/ 2 (2019): 135– 156; it is here reprinted by permission of the publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd, http:// www.tandfonline.com. The Medieval Iberian Treasury in Context: Collections, Connections, and Representations on the Peninsula and Beyond (National Research Challenge Grant, Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities, AEI/ FEDER, RTI2018- 098615- B- I00, 2019– 2022). Cover illustration: Stole of Queen Leonor (detail), 1197 (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC-3-089-002-0024, photo: Therese Martin). The Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data is available online at http:// catalog.loc.gov LC record available at http:// lccn.loc.gov/ 2020031596 Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/b rill- typeface. isbn 978-9 0-0 4-4 2458-6 (paperback) isbn 978-9 0-0 4-4 2459-3 (e- book) Copyright 2020 by Therese Martin. Published by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi, Brill Sense, Hotei Publishing, mentis Verlag, Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh and Wilhelm Fink Verlag. Koninklijke Brill NV reserves the right to protect this publication against unauthorized use. This book is printed on acid- free paper and produced in a sustainable manner. - 978-90-04-42459-3 Downloaded from Brill.com12/09/2020 01:16:36PM via free access Contents List of Figures vii Notes on Contributors xiii 1 Beyond the Treasury of San Isidoro: A Tale of Two Projects 1 Therese Martin 2 Caskets of Silver and Ivory from Diverse Parts of the World: Strategic Collecting for an Iberian Treasury 23 Therese Martin 3 Narrating the Treasury: What Medieval Iberian Chronicles Choose to Recount about Luxury Objects 61 Ana Rodríguez 4 Textiles from the Museum of San Isidoro (León): New Evidence for Re- Evaluating Their Chronology and Provenance 81 Ana Cabrera Lafuente 5 Sovereign, Saint, and City: Honor and Reuse of Textiles in the Treasury of San Isidoro (León) 118 María Judith Feliciano 6 Between León and the Levant: The Infanta Sancha’s Altar as Material Evidence for Medieval History 145 Jitske Jasperse 7 Demons and Diversity in León 171 Pamela A. Patton 8 Jews, Real and Imagined, at San Isidoro de León and Beyond 201 Julie A. Harris - 978-90-04-42459-3 Downloaded from Brill.com12/09/2020 01:16:36PM via free access vi Contents 9 The Scandinavian Container at San Isidoro, León, in the Context of Viking Art and Society 223 Nancy L. Wicker Bibliography 249 Index of People 289 Index of Places 294 Index of Subjects 297 - 978-90-04-42459-3 Downloaded from Brill.com12/09/2020 01:16:36PM via free access Figures 1.1 Beatitudes Casket, oblique view, ivories from the late eleventh century (?) on fourteenth- century wooden box (Madrid, Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Inv. No. 52092, photo: Therese Martin) 3 1.2 Limoges- style enamelwork casket, late twelfth century (?) (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0003, photo: Therese Martin) 7 1.3 Seal of Ermesinda of Carcassonne, Countess of Barcelona (d. 1058), chalcedony (Trésor de la Catedral de Girona, photo: Therese Martin) 10 1.4 Grande Châsse, restoration underway, Monastery of St.- Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland) (photo: Pierre Alain Mariaux) 12 1.5a, b Lid and reliquary casket of Saint Isidore, silver and wood, 1063? (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0001, photos: a, Therese Martin; b, Amanda Dotseth) 12 1.6a, b Relic bag in tapestry weave, with leonine creatures, geometric and vegetal motifs (or confronted birds?), silk and silver- gilt thread, twelfth/ thirtheenth century, origin unknown (Trésor de la Cathédrale de Sens, no. B18, photos: Ana Cabrera Lafuente) 13 1.7 Andalusi casket, nielloed silver, eleventh century? (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0015, photo: Therese Martin) 15 1.8 Reliquary casket of Saints John the Baptist and Pelayo, ivory and wood, late eleventh century (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0023, photo: Therese Martin) 16 1.9 Ivory caskets and crozier in the Treasury of the Cappella Palatina, Palermo, late eleventh to thirteenth centuries; large and small inlaid caskets (back right) generally dated fourteenth to fifteenth centuries (the treasury pertains to the Fondo Edifici di Culto of the Ministero dell’Interno, photo: Silvia Armando) 17 2.1a, b Scandinavian container for perfume (?), antler, Mammen style, ca. 960–1 000/ 1025 [NB: the projecting element represents the bird’s head, but the object is displayed upside down for reasons of stability; ring included for scale] (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0009, photos: Therese Martin) 28 2.2 Silver Fatimid casket, 1044– 1047? (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0014, photo: Therese Martin) 31 - 978-90-04-42459-3 Downloaded from Brill.com12/09/2020 01:16:36PM via free access viii Figures 2.3 Sicilian ivory set, 1120s? (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. Nos. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0011, 0012, 0013, photo: Therese Martin) 34 2.4a, b Crucifix of Fernando and Sancha, 1063? (Madrid, Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Inv. No. 52340, photos: Therese Martin) 42 2.5 Chalice of Urraca, ca. 1067– 1101 (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, photo: Therese Martin) 44 2.6 Beatitudes Casket, oblique view, ivories from the late eleventh century (?) on fourteenth- century wooden box (Madrid, Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Inv. No. 52092, photo: Therese Martin) 50 2.7 Beatitudes Casket, Christian imagery, late eleventh century? (Madrid, Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Inv. No. 52092, photo: Therese Martin) 51 2.8 Beatitudes Casket, Arabic plaques, late eleventh century? (Madrid, Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Inv. No. 52092, photo: Therese Martin) 52 2.9 Silver Andalusi casket, turn of the twelfth century? (Madrid, Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Inv. No. 50867, photo: Therese Martin) 54 4.1 Room number 13, Arte de España, at the International Exhibition of Barcelona in 1929. The showcase displayed some of the textiles and artworks from San Isidoro (photo: Arxiu Fotogràfic de Barcelona, AFM12461) 83 4.2a, b The so- called Baghdad silk (Table 1, no. 8), with the left selvedge (2a). The white and black warps have a Z twist, and the white and red wefts are almost un-t wisted (2b) (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC-3 -0 89-0 02-0 028, photos: a, Therese Martin; b, Ana Cabrera Lafuente) 84 4.3a, b Textile no. 11 showing faded front view and window at the back with multicolored wefts of the same textile (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0027, photos: a, Therese Martin; b, Ana Cabrera Lafuente) 85 4.4 Detail of the embroidery (no. 2) with gold metal threads, scale 1.5 cms (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0001, photo: Ana Cabrera Lafuente) 90 4.5 Detail of the gilt- silver metal thread of tablet weave no. 13 (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0025, photo: Ana Cabrera Lafuente) 90 4.6 Diagram of a twill 2/ 1 (2 wefts or horizontal threads cross over one warp or longitudinal thread) and the different types of diagrams used to represent the weaves (published in cieta technical notes) 92 4.7 Full view of the embroidery, no. 2 (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0001, photo: Therese Martin) 94 4.8 Detail of the re- twisted warps from the maniple (no. 13) (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0025, photo: Ana Cabrera Lafuente) 95 - 978-90-04-42459-3 Downloaded from Brill.com12/09/2020 01:16:36PM via free access Figures ix 4.9 Silk samite from León Cathedral (Museo Catedralicio de León, photo: Ana Cabrera Lafuente) 97 4.10 Textile (now lost), originally lined Santa Eulalia’s casket from the Cathedral of Oviedo (photo: Arxiu Mas) 99 4.11 Drawing of the complex decoration of silk textile no. 7. The blank spaces represent the medallions with figures that need further photographs to be reproduced accurately (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. Nos. 3- 089- 002- 0025, 0026, 0033, 0034, 0035, 0036, drawing: Ayelet Shats). 100 4.12a, b Detail of the silk samite that lines the Casket of Saints John the Baptist and Pelayo (no. 9). One band has oval rather than round medallions (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0023, photos: Ana Cabrera Lafuente and Therese Martin) 102 4.13 San Marcelo casket, early twentieth-century photograph, with textiles no. 7 and no. 11 still in situ (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. Nos. 3- 089- 002- 0025, 0026, 0033, 0034, 0035, 0036, 0037, 0038, photo: Archivo Gómez- Moreno, csic) 107 5.1 Textile lining the reliquary of San Isidoro (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0001, photo: Ana Cabrera) 124 5.2 Embroidery lining the lid of the reliquary of San Isidoro (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0001, photo: Therese Martin) 124 5.3 Textile fragment from Colls, 11th century. Silk and gold thread, 51.8 × 58.5 cm. (Inv. No. 1542, Museo de Huesca) 128 5.4 An assortment of liturgical treasures from Serradui, Huesca (photo: Adolf Mas, © Arxiu Mas/ Institut Amatller d’Art Hispànic) 132 5.5 Textiles with enamel casket, photographed ca. 1931 (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0003, photo: Adolf Mas, © Arxiu Mas/ Institut Amatller d’Art Hispànic) 133 5.6 Lining of the Casket of Saints John the Baptist and Pelayo (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0023, photo: Ana Cabrera) 134 5.7 Elephant fragment or so- called Baghdad Silk (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC-3 -0 89-0 02-0 028, photo: Therese Martin) 135 5.8 Textile fragment with wrestling lions and harpies from the tomb of Pedro de Osma. Spain, probably Almería, early 12th century. Silk lampas with supplementary discontinuous metal- wrapped patterning wefts, 50 × 43 cm. (Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 33.371. Ellen Page Hall Fund, photo: © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) 136 - 978-90-04-42459-3 Downloaded from Brill.com12/09/2020 01:16:36PM via free access x Figures 5.9 Detail, textile from the reliquary of Saints John the Baptist and Pelayo (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0023, photo: Ana Cabrera) 137 5.10 Reliquary of San Marcelo/ San Claudio, early twentieth century, with textiles still in situ (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. Nos. 3- 089- 002- 0025, 0026, 0033, 0034, 0035, 0036, 0037, 0038, photo: Archivo Gómez- Moreno, csic) 138 5.11 Detail of San Marcelo/ San Claudio silk, showing a standing male figure with a knife (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. Nos. 3- 089- 002- 0025, 0026, 0033, 0034, 0035, 0036, photo: Therese Martin) 139 5.12 Detail of San Marcelo/ San Claudio silk, showing a female figure on a beast (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. Nos. 3- 089- 002- 0025, 0026, 0033, 0034, 0035, 0036, photo: Therese Martin) 140 6.1 Portable Altar of the Infanta Sancha, 1144, 17.2 × 26.5 × 2.2 cm, silver and gilded silver, niello, breccia di Aleppo (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0008, photo: Therese Martin) 148 6.2 Portable Altar of the Infanta Sancha, front edge (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0008, photo: Therese Martin) 152 6.3 Portable Altar of the Infanta Sancha, inscription on the edges (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0008, photo: Therese Martin; design: Jitske Jasperse) 155 6.4a, b Portable Altar from Hildesheim, 1190– 1200, 25.1 × 35.4 cm, engraved with vernis brun, red stone, gilt- copper, ivory, vellum under rock crystal (London, British Museum, museum number 1902,0625.1. © Trustees of the British Museum. CC BY- NC- SA 4.0) 158 6.5 Lid of the Arca Santa, early twelfth century. Cámara Santa, Oviedo Cathedral, 93 × 119.8 × 9.5 cm. (photo: César García de Castro Valdés) 158 6.6 Cross of Fernando and Sancha (reverse), ca. 1063, 54.2 × 34 cm. (Madrid, Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Inv. No. 52340, photo: Therese Martin) 163 6.7a‒b Casket of Saints John the Baptist and Pelayo, late eleventh century, 31 × 48 × 26 cm. (Museo de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Inv. No. IIC- 3- 089- 002- 0023, photos: Therese Martin) 164 7.1 Temptation of St. Martin, Panteón de los Reyes, San Isidoro, León (photo: James D’Emilio) 173 7.2 Detail: Flagellation of Christ, Winchester Psalter (London, British Library, Cotton ms Nero C iv), fol. 21r (photo © British Library Board, Cotton ms Nero C iv) 177 7.3 Hell, Silos Beatus (London, bl, Add. ms 11695), fol. 2r (photo dedicated to the public domain and reproduced under a CC0 1.0 universal license) 180 - 978-90-04-42459-3 Downloaded from Brill.com12/09/2020 01:16:36PM via free access

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