Seals : making and marking connections across the medieval world /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2019
Leeds [England] : Arc Humanities Press, 2018 |
| Series: | Medieval globe ;
v. 4. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 245 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781641892575 1641892579 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
