Alberic ID 11576
Work type TMP
Coll. No

Il parato detto "di sant'Agostino" conservato nel museo della cattedrale di Cagliari: un'ipotesi di studio.

'Analyzes the history, materials, design and conservation of a set of silk vestments (Cagliari, cath.S.Maria, museo capitolare) with applied patches of historiated Chinese (T'ang dynasty) silk, and north African textiles with geometric patterns. The garments have been traditionally held to be the burial clothes of S.Augustine. Dates them to be 10th-11th cs., and refutes the hypothesis that they belonged to the saint. Proposes that the silk was imported to Algeria from China, made into liturgical vestments (in Algeria), and sent on to Cagliari. Discusses commercial contacts between Sardegna, Africa and China' (BHA).



Related Persons

Function Name Order Title Birthdate Death Alias
Author Lucia Nucci - - - -
Heading St. Augustin OSA bishop
saint
354 430 Aurelius Augustinus de Hippo

Journal(s)

Name Year Vol. Nr Tome Pp. Place Info
Kermes 1997 10 28 - 53-75, ill. - -

Keywords

Geographical order > Europe > Italy > [Cagliari]
Hagiography - Iconography > Saint Augustin