The Gottlieb Schumacher Institute give a seriees of lectures about Pilgrimage to Israel. . i Must say i am not going usualy to those lectures, but next week the lecture will be Wall rugs and Pilgrimage To Israel in the 16 cent ,,,, i intend to go !!!!! mirjam
Mirjam, please, please, please report back after the lecture. The topic sounds absolutely fascinating!
Erin
Yes Erin i will go ,, and Report what they tell and maybe show us ,,, I am very curious about this stuff ,,,, There are some churches and monastries here that have recieved many gifts from pilgrims over the centuries ,,,,,,I hope we will see spme of those .... of course being me i am reading a bit in my own library thus i will brush up on my studies , as to waht was made in Europe in those times !!!!! mirjam
I hope they say something about the knitted wall rugs! The book I have says they were first made in the late 16th century in the area now known as Germany (near Bavaria, I think), and they were the size of afghans with multicolor flowers and figures and mottoes knitted in, like woven tapestries but done in knitting.
=Tamar
Ok !!! here goes , The lecturer is a very good Historion, and he talked about a German prince , OTT Heinrich , who went on a pilgrimage to Israel , recieved the order of the holy grave. Returned to Europe and 20 years later Commisioned 2 wonderffyl Tapetries that showed scenes from his travel to the Holy Land. He compared the scenes in the tapestries to actual maps drawn around the same time. Alas he wasn`t very knowledgeable, about the actual weaving of Tapestries, which was a great pity. he also showed 2 slides of 2 tapetries portaying the commisioner ruler and his brother . The Actual 2 Tapestries [ one of which is in the Munchin Museum, are in fact WONDERFUL . And i am now going to look up at more information about them. The Cartographic side of his Lecture the MANY many Maps of `Holy land, pilgrimages, stories from the Biblical times are numerous and very interesting to see and read about. mirjam
Tamar as you see/read nothing was said about other Tapestries, but i remembered that i have some info in another book ,,,wait i will festch it .... Richard Rutt , in his book A history of knitting , on page 90 has a chapter [2pages] called KNITTED CARPETS. The Illustraeted History of TEXTILES , mentions knitted carpets on pages 149-150 . mirjam
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