Book/Printed Material Official Charter for the Association of Embroiderers. Capítols del offící de passamaners y cordoners
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Title
- Official Charter for the Association of Embroiderers.
Other Title
- Capítols del offící de passamaners y cordoners
Summary
- One of the characteristics of trade in the Middle Ages in the city of Valencia was that the different occupations were organized in guilds, which, in the 14th century, became trade associations. These associations were entities formed by craftsmen grouped by their artistic and commercial activities. They managed and regulated surplus production and fixed prices. The associations drew up ordinances and contracts that dealt with the requirements to join these organizations and the framework that regulated each trade. These very detailed ordinances, which had to be approved by the municipality or the king, were mandatory for all members of the trade associations. This work comprises the chapters dealing with the passamaners i cordoners (craftsmen embroiderers who produced small sumptuary silk items, such as braids, bags, and buttons, and did needlework). In Valencia this trade peaked in the 16th and 17th centuries. This work, written in Valencian, is bound in parchment and has ornamental trimmings. Page 5 has an illustration depicting the patron of this trade association, the Virgin of Rosario, with the Child.
Names
- Gremi dels Passamaners i Cordoners (Valencia) Creator.
Created / Published
- Valencia : [publisher not identified], [1677 to 1694]
Headings
- - Spain--Valencia (Region)
- - 1677 to 1694
- - Charters
- - Guilds
- - Handicraft
- - Labor unions
- - Manufactured products
- - Textile workers
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 103 pages : illustrations ; 26 centimeters.
- - Original resource at: Valencian Library Nicolau Primitiu.
- - Content in Catalan.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021668108
Online Format
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