TY  - BOOK
AU  - Andersen,Michael
AU  - Bedos-Rezak,Brigitte
AU  - Bedos-Rezak,Brigitte Miriam
AU  - Berenbeim,Jessica
AU  - Cherry,John
AU  - Copp,Paul
AU  - Sijpesteijn,Petra M.
AU  - Sode,Claudia
AU  - Symes,Carol
AU  - Teh Gallop,Annabel
AU  - Weill-Parot,Nicolas
TI  - Seals - Making and Marking Connections across the Medieval World
T2  - The medieval globe
SN  - 9781641892575
AV  - CD5507 .S425 2018
U1  - 737/.6 
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Leeds : 
PB  - ARC Humanities Press, 
KW  - Seals (Numismatics)
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - HISTORY / World
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - seals, sigillography, medieval media, communication technologies, diplomacy
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --; CULTURAL TRANSACTIONS: AN INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL SEALS FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE --; SEALS AS CONCEPTUAL AND RITUAL TOOLS IN CHINESE BUDDHISM, CA. 600- 1000 CE --; IMPRINTING POWERS: THE ASTROLOGICAL SEAL AND ITS DOCTRINAL MEANINGS IN THE LATIN WEST --; A MEDIEVAL SOLUTION TO AN EARLY MODERN PROBLEM? THE ROYAL ANIMAL SEALS OF JAMBI --; EXPRESSING NEW RULE: SEALS FROM EARLY ISLAMIC EGYPT AND SYRIA, 600- 800 CE --; THE FORMULATION OF URBAN IDENTITY ON BYZANTINE SEALS --; THE CLOTH SEAL: A MARK OF QUALITY, IDENTIFICATION, OR TAXATION? --; ARCHAEOLOGY AND SIGILLOGRAPHY IN NORTHERN EUROPE --; MEDIEVAL TREATIES AND THE DIPLOMATIC AESTHETIC --; INDEX; restricted access
N2  - By placing medieval sealing practices in a global and comparative perspective, the essays gathered in this volume challenge the traditional understanding of seals as tools of closure and validation in use since the dawn of civilization. Far from being a universal technique, sealing is revealed as a flexible idiom, selectively deployed to mediate entangled identities: the introduction of Buddhism in early medieval China; the Islamization of Sasanian and Byzantine cultures; even the advancement of diplomacy from northern Europe to Indonesia; By placing medieval sealing practices in a global and comparative perspective, the essays gathered in this volume challenge the traditional understanding of seals as tools of closure and validation in use since the dawn of civilization. Far from being a universal technique, sealing is revealed as a flexible idiom, selectively deployed to mediate entangled identities: the introduction of Buddhism in early medieval China; the Islamization of Sasanian and Byzantine cultures; the balancing of Christian orthodoxy against classical and Muslim science; the development of civic consciousness in Byzantium; the efforts of tradesmen to brand merchandise for export; and the advancement of diplomacy from northern Europe to Indonesia. This examination of documentary seals, archaeologically recovered seal dies, and commercial and conceptual seals from cultures across the medieval world shows how skillful manipulation of their iconography, inscriptions, technology, and metaphorical meanings disseminated information, negotiated influences, asserted hegemony, and forged connections
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781641892575?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781641892575
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781641892575/original
ER  -