Bologna Guild of Silk Weavers information

Bologna Guild of Silk Weavers (Hebrew: בעלי ברית עושי מלאכת המשי) were a guild of Jewish silk weavers in Bologna during the 1530s and 1540s. Bologna Jewry...

gold-spinners, and silk-weavers. Men could join these guilds, but were almost exclusively married to guildswomen. This was a required regulation of the yarn-spinners...

a national silk industry in Lyon, and employed a large number of Italian workers, mainly from Calabria. The fame of the master weavers of Catanzaro spread...

Ghetto List of Italian Jews List of Italian locations of Jewish history List of Italian religious minority politicians Bologna Guild of Silk Weavers A Jewish...

the silk firm owner, like Dati, would buy raw materials and have them processed by workers (e.g. weavers) for a price set by the guild. Since silk took...

Purchases of raw silk Production "Throwing" the silk Done in a "throwing mill" Boiling the silk Done by scourers Weaving the silk Warpers Weavers Dyeing...

style; the large "Porta della Mandorla" of Florence Cathedral, sponsored by the Arte della Lana or wool weavers' guild, which many sculptors contributed to...

around 10,000 weavers in Coventry, and its surrounding towns like Bedworth and Nuneaton. Coventry's growth was aided by the opening of the Coventry Canal...

enjoyed by those of Paris and Bologna, two of the most highly favoured in Europe. The university, modelled on that of the University of Paris and intended...

conservative activist (Diamond and Silk) (b. 1971) Jack W. Hayford, 88, Pentecostal minister and hymn writer, founder of The King's University (b. 1934)...

Johann von Fries, counsellor, director of the imperial silk factories, industrialist, banker (d. 1785) Charlotte of Monaco, Monegasque princess and nun (d...