Coptic textile fragment, unknown maker from Egypt

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Coptic textile fragment
Coptic textile fragment
Coptic textile fragment
Coptic period (300 CE–700 CE)
Coptic textile fragment , Coptic period (300 CE–700 CE)
Where object was made: Egypt
Material/technique: weaving; wool; dyeing
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.0114
Not on display
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Teaching Gallery: Coptic Textiles
The central figure is a heraldic bird with outstretched wings. A bulla (a pendant holding an amulet) is around the bird’s neck with a cross symbol to the upper right. In Coptic tradition, this winged bird with the bulla is a Christian symbol of the freed soul ready to ascend. The bird is surrounded by arabesque designs with a crenellated border. This textile may be from the early Islamic Tulunid Dynasty, 868-906 CE.

Exhibitions

Teaching Gallery: Coptic Textiles
Tashia Dare, curator
2012

Citations

Stokstad, Marilyn, ed. The Handbook of the Museum of Art. Lawrence, Kansas: The University of Kansas, 1962.

The Medieval Collections of the Museum of Art. Lawrence, Kansas: The University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1963.