Object type
bracelet
Fabric
medieval goldsmith
Culture/period
Medieval and modern
Materials
glass paste
Technique
drawn glass, modelling
Mint
Production date
1300 / 1399
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Les Roquetes
Township
Tàrrega (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Lleida, Urgell)
Dimensions
40 x 5 mm
Description
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Pair of black glass paste bracelets that take the form of a twisted cord. Bracelets in glass paste have been documented in the Iberian Peninsula from the first century AD until the sixteenth century. During the Middle Ages, the findings of glass bracelets are concentrated in funerary contexts, especially those belonging to minorities: Jewish and Muslim. The bracelets from Les Roquetes mimic the colour of jet, the material historically attributed with prophylactic qualities against the evil eye.
© Museu comarcal de l'Urgell-Tàrrega
Omeka ID
1209