Medieval Painted Pottery in South and Central Italy
David Whitehouse
DURING the 9th century unglazed pottery decorated with red or brown slip came into production along middle Rhine. This pottery, known as Pingsdorf ware, was exported in large quantities to North Sea region and even Baltic coast.2 By 12th red-painted often imitating made at a number of sites Low Countries western France.3It has long been that painted manufactured throughout medieval Islamic world, including north Africa, isolated finds ware have published Italy Spain.4 Nevertheless, little attempt explore possible connexions between Mediterranean basin Europe,5 A serious obstacle such an is inadequacy most publications finds. paper offers account wares one area Mediterranean, peninsular Italy, suggests found there may indeed be related earliest Alps. It must emphasized, however, study Italian its infancy suggestions here are entirely speculative nature.
Medieval Archaeology