A friend is sending off some scholarly material to a publisher, and wants
to doublecheck some information. She got it from a published source, but
it's a bit out of her area, and she wants to make sure the source hasn't
been superceded (or wasn't incorrect in the first place).
So -- I'd love to know if anyone has any hesitations about the following
passage, which is her own wording based on the published information. The
context is 12th c. France:
Commercial relations with the Orient expanded rapidly, bringing
cendal, a silk similar to our modern taffeta, often red, paile, a
brocaded silk from Alexandria, siglaton, a gold brocade for luxury
garments, osterin, a purple silk, and samite, a heavily
embroidered silk, often with precious metal.
Cendal, paile, siglaton, osterin, and samite are all italicized. I believe
she is secure about the fabric words themselves; it's the definitions she
wants to verify.
--Robin
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