16th century wall rugs ??

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

On 7 Mar, 04:49, wrote:
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

On Mar 7, 11:02*am, Erin wrote:
On 7 Mar, 04:49, wrote:

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

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On Mar 7, 11:02*am, Erin wrote:
On 7 Mar, 04:49, wrote:

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!

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 what was made in Europe in those times !!!!!

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

On Mar 7, 6:11*pm, wrote:
On Mar 7, 11:02*am, Erin wrote:

On 7 Mar, 04:49, wrote:

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

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