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© Museu Comarcal de l'Urgell-Tàrrega
Omeka ID 1209
Les Roquetes
Medieval and modern

bracelets

MCUT 4450-4451

Object type
bracelet
Production date
1300 / 1399
Fabric
medieval goldsmith
Museum
Museu Comarcal de l'Urgell-Tàrrega
Culture
Medieval and modern
Discovery location
Les Roquetes
Materials
glass paste
Township
Tàrrega (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Lleida, Urgell)
Technique
drawn glass, modelling
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
40 x 5 mm
Description
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.

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