Los tejidos en la arquitectura de la Antigüedad tardía. Una primera aproximación a su uso y función

The textual and iconographic documentation related to the use and function of textiles in late antique architecture enables to suggest a preliminary classification of the various kinds of textiles, embroideries and objects. The most frequently documented items are door and window curtains, draperies, carpets, tapestries, veils for baptism or baptismal font, window blinds, straw carpets … In that corpus of textiles there have been equally included other items which directly played a part in the architectural furniture, specially the liturgical apparatus, like altar clothes, altar fronts, cushions, covers for seats or cathedras cushions, footrest cushions,…Such preliminary classification in its turn enables to address some questions to production, trading, customers and papal gifts.