Talk:Mongol elements in Western medieval art

Good stuff
Wow, wonderful! Articles like this redeem Wikipedia.--MacRusgail (talk) 18:07, 20 December 2010 (UTC)


 * It's an interesting article, but I would certainly not rate it as "B class". As someone who can read 'Phags-pa well and who has spent many hours examining Giotto's paintings in search of traces of the supposed 'Phags-pa lettering in them, I believe that the claim that the pseudo-oriental script motifs seen in Giotto's paintings are a reflection of the 'Phags-pa script (rather than the Uyghur-Mongolian script or Chinese) is severely overstated, and should be viewed with at least a pinch of caution.  Unfortunately all the Western sources cited seem to uncritically accept Tanaka's identification. BabelStone (talk) 02:21, 26 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I also question the "B class". There are many wikilinks to redirect pages and I don't think the extended quotes in the footnotes are needed, especially if the references are available online via Google books (I have not confirmed that the specific pages referenced are available online). After some waffling, I have rated this article "Start class" for textile arts and tweaked that section a bit.  I have some references on textile history that I am currently working with; if I find anything that would be useful for expanding that particular section I will be sure to add it. - PKM (talk) 20:37, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

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This article, especially at Mongol elements in Western medieval art, needs to be synchronized with Tartarium; there are probably sources used for one that can be used to improve the other, and the material needs to be checked for contradictions and such. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  12:14, 3 August 2023 (UTC)