In Gremio in praxi-Leather without borders

Introduction

The idea included in the title ,, Leather without borders ,, has many meanings: territorial, chronological and factual,

because the archaeological material presented in the book comes from different circles, places and periods:  

from prehistoric artefacts found at the famous ,, Iceman ,, through parts of medieval helmets made of organic materials

found in Damascus to modern Iberian objects. The studies included in the volume focus on objects of various kinds

(shoes,weaponry,equestrian equipment), made of various types of leather,including fish, preserved in different climatic,

geological and social conditions, presenting various research, conservation and museum challenges.\nIntroduction

Part 1. In the cold and heat

Markus Klek

The arrow quiver of the Iceman. Reconstruction attempts and the special significance of the hide

Inga Głuszek

Shoemakers, thier workshops and shoes in Athenian vase painting

David Nicolle

Medieval laether or rawhide helmets found in Tower 4 of the Citadel of Damascus

Part 2. Protection and comfort

Elisabeth de Campenhout, Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen

Riding tall in the saddle.An early 16 th-century travellers saddle from Delft

Janne Harjula

The Late Medieval scabbards, cover-guards and grips from Turku, Finland

Małgorzata Grupa,Mikołaj Dobek

Footwear in Polish national costume and western clothes from excavations in Polish territory

Franklin Pereira

Leather art in the Iberian Peninsula

Part 3. In medieval town

Beata Wywrot-Wyszkowska

Fashion and regionalism. A few notes on the use of footwear in Late Medieval towns on the southern

coast of the Baltic Sea

Wojciech Kawka

Outside the center.Leather production in a small medieval town in Silesia (Poland)

Part 4. Ordinary or original

Roman Vavra

Fishing for fish skin. Archaeological finds and the potential of fish skin

Anna B. Kowalska

Some comments on the beginnings of tanning and how it carne to the Baltic region