Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Note on Dating and Transliterations VII
4. Preface IX
5. Introduction XI
6. Chapter I. Shaping Perceptions: Reading and Interpreting the Norman Arabic Textile Inscriptions 1
7. Chapter II. An Imported Ornament? Comparing the Functions of Textile Inscriptions in Sicily and Fatimid Egypt 73
8. Chapter III. Contextualising Ornament: Seeing and Reading Arabic Textile Inscriptions in Norman Public Display 121
9. Chapter IV. The Kufic Inscription on Roger II’s Mantle: Continuity as a Political Choice 165
10. Chapter V. A Textile Archive: The Norman Alb as a Document of Political Authority 191
11. Conclusion 211
12. Appendix 219
13. Image Credits 225