Metalwork

From Cariadoc's Miscellany.

by Dr. Z. Kenan Bilici. Excerpt, "One of the most remarkable examples of the Anatolian Medieval Islamic metal works is the bronze cast door-knockers from the Cizre2-Great Mosque, that are in the form of a dragon.

In accordance with the inscriptions, the mosque was built by the Musul Atabegs in 1155-11603. The door-knockers on the double winged doors, each of dimension 3.00 x 1.12 m. have attracted attention of many researchers. Furthermore, the origin of the dragon figure, its iconography and usage in the Anatolian Seljuk period have also been subjected to various analogical studies."

"To Prepare a Most Honorable Feast" (translated from Maistre Chiquart), "To Make a Feast," "An Islamic Dinner," "A Dinner at Pennsic," "A Jeweler's Bibliography," "Books on Metalworking," and "Period Jewelery You Can Make."

Mostly secular examples in bone & ivory, enamel, leather, metal, and wood.

This comprehens ive report represents a landmark in the publicatio n of medieval finds from excavation s in York. It encompasse s very large assemblage s of medieval artefacts of a wide variety of materials, including iron, non-ferrou s metal, stone, jet, amber, fired clay, glass and textile. These were recovered from four major sites in York.

Selected illustrati ons from the Mendel Hausbuch, depicting 15th and early 16th century craftsmen at work.

The East Kingdom Metalsmiths' Guild is dedicated to the study and teaching of all the metalsmithing arts and sciences: blacksmithing, smelting, casting, working in various metals, jewelrymaking, glassblowing, glass lampworking (beads, etc.), and the like.

The discovery and practice of the Arts and Sciences related to working in metal, whether the most delicate filigree, or a grand thunky chunk of steel.

Archaeometallurgists used to believe that the state of metalworking technology declined after the demise of the Roman Empire. To assess the level of sophistication of metalworking during this period, a set of 36 iron tools and weapons were metallurgically sampled and examined. For comparison, 11 Iron Age, three Roman, and four medieval iron artifacts from the same region were also sampled.

A substantial library of articles, publications, reports, and technical data on gem and jewelry related topics. Various platforms and forums for the exchange of information and opinion, with contributors from all over the world speaking from a wide range of technical and aesthetic experiences, covering a full range of topics of interest to the jeweler and the gemologist.

Trans from first Latin edition 1556. Developmen t, mining methods, metallurgi cal processes, geology, mineralogy & mining law from the earliest times to the 16th Century.

Examples of late medieval belts decorated with heraldic plaques, along with photos of the process of molding the buckle and mounts, making the strap end and buckle plate, and attaching the metal to the leather for the final belt.

Mailing list to foster the many and varied skills of the jewellers, metalworkers, moneyers and lapidarists of Lochac within our SCA context. All those who work with, or are interested in, metal and gemstones are welcome.

The database is now a living resource, constantly updated by our staff with several hundred new objects each day. The objects recorded by the Scheme, are known as "porta ble antiquitie s" and are found by members of the public. These objects range from the Palaeolith ic to around the 18th Century, and include items recorded in the Annual Treasure Report published by the UK's Department of Culture, Media and Sport.

The Portable Antiquitie s Scheme is a voluntary scheme to record archaeolog ical objects found by members of the public in England and Wales.

These pages are intended as a focus for those interested in the royal burial mounds of Sutton Hoo in south-east Suffolk. It is widely believed and it seems most likely (no serious argument has ever been mounted to cast any doubt on the view) that this was the burial-place of the Wuffings during the late sixth to early seventh centuries.

The majority of the finds came from anaerobic marine rather than traditiona l land sites and consisted chiefly of medieval to 17th century tablewares – dishes, saucers, plates, porringers , salts, beakers and other smaller drinking vessels, together with a few larger flagons.

(on materials of the Trans-Urals collections)
Artistic Metal Studies by Natalia V. Fedorova. Abstract, "Volga Bulgaria silver is one of the brightest phenomena of the Middle Age European culture: organic combination of the Turkic traditions, artistic techniques and motifs of the urban culture of Central Asia, and the imagery peculiar to the heathen population of the Ural and Western Siberia; clear orientation of craftsmen-jewellers towards the "export" market and not just the local population, together with its tremendous production volumes make Bulgarian silver working a truly unique phenomenon. The main purpose of this paper is to trace the history of Bulgarian toreutics over the period between the 10th and the 16th centuries, as well as the interaction of the Bulgarian and the "Hungarian" styles in artistic metal, the role of the "Northern component" in artistic techniques of the Volga Bulgaria craftsmen."