The Wandering Throne of Solomon: Objects and Tales of Kingship in the Medieval Mediterranean (Mediterranean Art Histories: Studies in Visual Cultures ... from Late Antiquity to the Modern Period, 2)

In The Wandering Throne Of Solomon: Objects And Tales Of Kingship In The Medieval Mediterranean Allegra Iafrate Analyzes The Circulation Of Artifacts And Literary Traditions Related To King Solomon, Particularly Among Christians, Jews And Muslims, From The 10th To The 13th Century. The Author Shows How Written Sources And Objects Of Striking Visual Impact Interact And Describes The Efforts To Match The Literary Echoes Of Past Wonders With New Mirabilia. Using The Throne Of Solomon As A Case-study, She Evokes A Context Where Jewish Rabbis, Byzantine Rulers, Muslim Ambassadors, Christian Sovereigns And Bishops All Seem To Share A Common Imagery In Art, Technology And Kingship.-- Introduction -- A King Of Small Things -- The Solomonic Throne In Constantinople -- The Throne Of The Rabbis -- The Throne Of Solomon In The Islamic World -- The Throne Of Solomon In The Christian West -- A Literary Abode For The Throne -- Appendix. Weather Lore And The Throne Of Solomon. By Allegra Iafrate. This Book Represents The Final Outcome Of Research ... As A Phd Dissertation At The Scuola Normale Superiore (pisa) And Was Mostly Developed Between The Warburg Institute In London And The American Academy In Rome.--acknowledgements. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 289-339) And Index. "In The Wandering Throne of Solomon: Objects and Tales of Kingship in the Medieval Mediterranean Allegra Iafrate analyzes the circulation of artifacts and literary traditions related to King Solomon, particularly among Christians, Jews and Muslims, from the 10th to the 13th centuries. The author shows how written sources and objects of striking visual impact interact and describes the efforts to match the literary echoes of past wonders with new mirabilia. Using the throne of Solomon as a case study, she evokes a context where Jewish rabbis, Byzantine rulers, Muslim ambassadors and Christian sovereigns and bishops all seem to share a common imagery in art, technology and kingship"-- Back cover. In 'The wandering throne of Solomon: Objects and tales of kingship in the medieval Mediterranean' Allegra Iafrate analyzes the circulation of artifacts and literary traditions related to king Solomon, particularly among Christians, Jews and Muslims, from the 10th to the 13th century.00The author shows how written sources and objects of striking visual impact interact and describes the efforts to match the literary echoes of past wonders with new mirabilia. Using the throne of Solomon as a case-study, she evokes a context where Jewish rabbis, Byzantine rulers, Muslim ambassadors, Christian sovereigns and bishops all seem to share a common imagery in art, technology and kingship Introduction : A King of Small Things The Solomonic Throne in Constantinople The Throne of the Rabbis The Throne of Solomon between Arabic and Persian Sources The Throne of Solomon in the Christian West A Literary Abode for the Throne.