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Elephants and Ivory in China and Spain
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Elephants and Ivory in China and Spain

Beusterien, John
West, Stephen

Editorial: Cambridge University Press

Colección: Elements in the Global Middle Ages

Número de páginas: 112 págs.  22.9 x 15.2 cm  

Fecha de edición: 01-02-2025

EAN: 9781009172561

ISBN: 978-1-009-17256-1

Precio (sin IVA): 23,27 €

Precio (IVA incluído): 24,20 €

The Element provides a global history of ivory and elephants, acknowledging the individuality and dignity of the elephants that provided that ivory. Sections on China include the first translations of texts about the cultural importance of elephants and ivory in the Song Dynasty (960–1279) and an examination of an ivory stave (huban???), crafted from an Asian elephant tusk (Elephas maximus), carried by officials in court and other formal rituals. Sections on Spain examine the value of ivory during the reign of King Alfonso X of Castille (1221–1284) and the Virxe Abrideira (ca. 1260–1275), an ivory Virgin and Child statuette owned by Queen Violante of Aragon (1236–1301), crafted from an African elephant tusk (Loxodonta africana). The Element concludes by offering a pedagogy from a comparative literature perspective about Sunjata (c.1226), an epic from the Mali empire in West Africa, an important source for thirteenth-century global ivory markets.

 

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