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Coptic Tunic Insertion
Egypt
5th to 6th century
Linen and wool. 10.7 cm x 11 cm.
Slit tapestry
C-113
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Coptic Roundel Tunic
Insertion
Egypt. 6th to 7th century
Wool and linen. 13 cm. x 12 cm.
Slit tapestry and soumak
C-108
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Coptic Tunic Decoration
Egypt
5th to 6th century
Wool and linen. 10 cm. x 9.5 cm.
Slit tapestry
C-102 |
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Coptic Tunic Band
Egypt
5th to 6th century
Wool and linen
8.5 cm. x 24 cm.
Slit tapestry
C-133 |
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Coptic Tunic Clavus Fragment
Egypt. 6th to 7th century
Wool and linen
7.5 cm. x 17.5 cm.
Slit tapestry
C-124 |
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Coptic Tunic Ornament
Egypt. 5th to 6th century
Wool and linen
9.5 cm. x 12.5 cm.
Slit tapestry and soumak
C-126
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Coptic Clavus Fragment
Egypt. 5th to 6th century
Wool and
linen.
10 cm. x 34.5
cm.
Slit tapestry
C-135 |
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Coptic Tunic Fragments
Egypt. 5th to 7th century
Wool and linen
6 cm. x 24 cm.; 4 cm. x 4 cm.; 4 cm. x 4.5 cm.
Slit tapestry
C-143 |
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Coptic Tunic or Shawl
Band
Egypt
6th to 7th century
Wool.
10 cm. x 22 cm.
Slit tapestry
C-134 |
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Coptic Tunic Insertion
Egypt. 6th to 7th century
Wool and linen
9.5 cm. x 8.5 cm.
Slit tapestry
C-101 |
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Coptic Tunic Decoration
Egypt
5th to 6th century
Wool and linen. 14 cm. x 25 cm.
Tapestry and soumak
C-145 |
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Among the many
publications devoted to Coptic textiles, the following give good coverage to Late
Roman/Early Byzantine pieces such as those above:
James Trilling, The Roman Heritage: Textiles from Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean
300 to 600 AD, Washington, 1982.
Diane Lee Carroll, Looms and Textiles of the Copts, Seattle, 1988).
Ludmila Kybalova, Coptic Textiles, London, 1967.
Marie-Helene Rutschowscaya, Coptic Fabrics,
Paris, 1990. |
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