Books of Hours

2020 ◽  
pp. 851-864
Author(s):  
Rowan Watson
Keyword(s):  
Thirteenth Century ◽  
Books Of Hours ◽  
History Of ◽  
Prayer Books ◽  
History Of Books

This chapter surveys the history of Books of Hours, prayer books that emerged during the thirteenth century, and for the next three centuries were the principal devotional books of the laity. The author discusses the formats of standard Books of Hours, their iconography, content, numbers and distribution, and elements of their production and ownership.

The Coming of the Drawloom: A Chapter in the Technological Transmission between Iran and India

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-46
Author(s):  
Ishrat Alam
Keyword(s):  
Thirteenth Century ◽  
History Of Technology ◽  
Textile Production ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Simple Mechanism ◽  
History Of ◽  
Complex Forms ◽  
Technological Transmission ◽  
Made In

In the history of technology, the loom has come to occupy an important place. While the horizontal handloom has a comparatively simple mechanism, this is not true of the vertical drawloom, which through centuries has developed complex forms. The question of the latter’s presence in India in early times has aroused some controversy. The case is made in this article that it arrived in the thirteenth century from Iran but failed to supplant the handloom in most areas of textile production, except for carpet weaving, mainly in Kashmir.

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