The use of metal threads and decorations in Byzantine-Greek Orthodox ecclesiastical textiles

JOM

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 34-37

  Karatzani, Anna ^a   Rehren, Thilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYZANTINE-GREEK ORTHODOX ECCLESIASTICAL TEXTILES; METAL THREADS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

DECORATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRIP METAL;

FABRICS;

EID: 33646847186     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-006-0020-1     Document Type: Article

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