Leather without borders In Gremio in praxi

In Gremio in praxi-Leather without borders



Introduction



The idea included in the title ,, Leather without borders ,, has many meanings: territorial, chronological and factual,



because the archaeological material presented in the book comes from different circles, places and periods:  



from prehistoric artefacts found at the famous ,, Iceman ,, through parts of medieval helmets made of organic materials



found in Damascus to modern Iberian objects. The studies included in the volume focus on objects of various kinds



(shoes,weaponry,equestrian equipment), made of various types of leather,including fish, preserved in different climatic,



geological and social conditions, presenting various research, conservation and museum challenges.

Introduction



Part 1. In the cold and heat



Markus Klek



The arrow quiver of the Iceman. Reconstruction attempts and the special significance of the hide



Inga Głuszek



Shoemakers, thier workshops and shoes in Athenian vase painting



David Nicolle



Medieval laether or rawhide helmets found in Tower 4 of the Citadel of Damascus



Part 2. Protection and comfort



Elisabeth de Campenhout, Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen



Riding tall in the saddle.An early 16 th-century travellers saddle from Delft



Janne Harjula



The Late Medieval scabbards, cover-guards and grips from Turku, Finland



Małgorzata Grupa,Mikołaj Dobek



Footwear in Polish national costume and western clothes from excavations in Polish territory



Franklin Pereira



Leather art in the Iberian Peninsula



Part 3. In medieval town



Beata Wywrot-Wyszkowska



Fashion and regionalism. A few notes on the use of footwear in Late Medieval towns on the southern



coast of the Baltic Sea



Wojciech Kawka



Outside the center.Leather production in a small medieval town in Silesia (Poland)



Part 4. Ordinary or original



Roman Vavra



Fishing for fish skin. Archaeological finds and the potential of fish skin



Anna B. Kowalska



Some comments on the beginnings of tanning and how it carne to the Baltic region