LA CERÁMICA ESPAÑOLA EN EL COMERCIO MEDITERRÁNEO BAJOMEDIEVAL. ALGUNAS NOTAS DOCUMENTALES

Abstract

The paper covers Hispanic ceramic trade in the late Middle Ages in Italian cities. Our aim is to trace the development trend of that trade between the 12th and the 15th centuries and we have done this by using analysis methodologies combined with archaeological and documentary information from the Italian peninsula. We have observed its arrival at the main reception centres and followed its trail in the distribution networks of the Italian markets. As a result, we have noticed morphological diversification development trends in imported ceramics and in production centres, with an important initial reference to Nasrid blue and gilded production, which was later replaced by Valencian production. We have also observed