Report on the Textiles from Burgos Cathedral - Middelalder Centret
Report on the Textiles from Burgos Cathedral - Middelalder Centret
Report on the Textiles from Burgos Cathedral - Middelalder Centret
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<strong>Textiles</strong> <strong>from</strong> <strong>Burgos</strong> Ca<strong>the</strong>dral<br />
in Patrim<strong>on</strong>io Naci<strong>on</strong>al, Palacio Real<br />
Madrid, Spain<br />
<strong>Textiles</strong> excavated at <strong>Burgos</strong>, now in <strong>the</strong> Patrim<strong>on</strong>io Naci<strong>on</strong>al, Madrid. Top left, inv. no. 653742, bottom<br />
left, close-up of inv. no. 653745 and right inv. no. 653742 and 651983.<br />
The cloister church in M<strong>on</strong>asterio de Santa María la Real de las Huelgas in <strong>Burgos</strong>, Spain had been<br />
burial site for members of <strong>the</strong> royality and nobility in Spain in <strong>the</strong> Middle Ages. Named Kings and<br />
Queens had been buried here in <strong>the</strong> 12th to <strong>the</strong> 14th century. In 1946 several of <strong>the</strong> coffins in <strong>the</strong><br />
M<strong>on</strong>asterio was examined by Spanish archeaolgist Manuel Gomez-Moreno, <strong>the</strong> excavated textiles which<br />
counted silk covers, blankets, headwear, footwear and dresses were transported to <strong>the</strong> Nati<strong>on</strong>al Museum<br />
in Spain, Patrim<strong>on</strong>io Naci<strong>on</strong>al in Madrid. Unfortunately many items taken <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> coffins has not been<br />
well documented in 1946, except for <strong>the</strong> garments and textiles discovered in <strong>the</strong> royal graves, many<br />
discovered items are of no l<strong>on</strong>ger known c<strong>on</strong>text as it has not been documented which coffins <strong>the</strong>y were<br />
taken <strong>from</strong>.<br />
The textiles has since been re-examined and re-c<strong>on</strong>served, now with documentati<strong>on</strong>, inventory<br />
number and descripti<strong>on</strong> of each piece held at <strong>the</strong> Patrim<strong>on</strong>io Naci<strong>on</strong>al.