Сърмена тъкан от гроб № 112а, некропол на църква № 2 в Дръстър
Ivan Chokoev
Textile with Metallic Threads from Grave № 112a, Church № 2 Cemetery in Drastar
Ключови думи
средновековен сърмен текстил, мъжка шапка, Дръстър, Силистра
Keywords
mediaeval metal threads textile, man’s hat, Drastar, Silistra
Резюме
This article presents the results from the investigations
of the textile found in grave № 112a from Church № 2 cemetery in
Drastar (mediaeval Silistra, Bulgaria), discovered in 1995. The
textile remains found on and around the skull are from a man’s hat.
The lower half of the hat was decorated with a band from metal
threads (gilded silver strip wound around silk core) textile. It is a
striped fabric, consisting of wide gilded fields, separated by narrower
coloured stripes with gilt chess (cruciform) design. Similar textiles
have been spread in the Bulgarian lands in the 14th century.
Abstract
This article presents the results from the investigations
of the textile found in grave № 112a from Church № 2 cemetery in
Drastar (mediaeval Silistra, Bulgaria), discovered in 1995. The
textile remains found on and around the skull are from a man’s hat.
The lower half of the hat was decorated with a band from metal
threads (gilded silver strip wound around silk core) textile. It is a
striped fabric, consisting of wide gilded fields, separated by narrower
coloured stripes with gilt chess (cruciform) design. Similar textiles
have been spread in the Bulgarian lands in the 14th century.
