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Description: | Coptic textile. Patterned with two black bands, probably indicating that this is a sleeveband. Possibly depicting running hares. See Pritchard, F. 2004 'Clothing Culture. Dress in Egypt in the First millennium AD. Clothing from Egypt in the collection of The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester.' Manchester. The hare is often associated with resurrection and fertility and is linked with Dionysus (Erikson 1997, 61). Erikson, M. 1997. 'Textiles in Egypt 200-1500 AD in Swedish Museum Collections'. University of Gottenberg. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Temporal: | 395 A.D.-641 A.D.
Coptic | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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