Barragan (barragon)[1] was a Spanish term for various types of fabrics or fabric products in the Middle Ages.[2] Barragan was derived from the Arabic term barrakan, that signified heavy cotton and woolen materials.[3] Initially meaning a heavy cloth, by the 15th century it had come to mean a luxurious cloth made of silk.[2] Along with terms such as almuzalla, fazale, and mobatana, barragan was also used to mean a type of table- or altar-cloth.[4] In the 17th century, the term was revived to mean a twill weave woolen material similar to moleskin.[1]
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edit- ^ a b Cannon, Garland Hampton; Kaye, Alan S. (1994). The Arabic Contributions to the English Language: An Historical Dictionary. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 150. ISBN 978-3-447-03491-3.
- ^ a b Solalinde, Jesusa Alfau de (1939). Names of Textiles in Thirteenth Century Spanish. University of Wisconsin--Madison. p. 13.
- ^ Mazzaoui, Maureen Fennell (1981-07-09). The Italian Cotton Industry in the Later Middle Ages, 1100-1600. CUP Archive. p. 199. ISBN 9780521230957.
- ^ Glick, Thomas F. (2005). Islamic And Christian Spain in the Early Middle Ages. BRILL. p. 140. ISBN 978-90-04-14771-3.
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