Full Description
This catalogue of the Coptic Textiles in the Collection of Mediterranean Antiquities at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts provides a detailed analysis of 64 textiles from both historical and weaving practice points of view. This approach provides a fuller understanding of the cultural situation in which such textiles were produced and circulated. Dr. Landry's experience of over 40 years of weaving and scholarship highlights the elements of knowledge and skill held and applied by weavers in Antiquity.
This perspective complements and expands on the focus on imagery usually provided by art historians regarding textiles of this period. This catalogue shows how much more cultural information can be accessed when the technical, economic, and practical character of both production and use are adequately integrated into the study of material artefacts.
Contents
Preface
John M. Fossey
Introduction
John M. Fossey
List of Illustrations to Part 1 (Fig. 1.1-1.21) and Part 2 (Nos. 1-64 / Fig. 2.1.1-2.64.7)
part 1: Coptic Textiles and Their Techniques
1A Egyptian Textiles from the First Millennium
Wendy Landry
1B Textile Specialists and Technologies
Wendy Landry
Appendix A: Table of Dyestuffs and Related Chemicals
Appendix B: Comparative Table of Textile Characteristics
Appendix C: Chronological Table of MMFA Coptic Textiles
Glossary of Textile Terms
Bibliography to Part 1
part 2: Catalogue (Nos. 1-64 / Fig. 2.1.1-2.64.7)
Wendy Landry, Anne-Laure Rameau and Abigaëlle Richard
No. 1 1917.B.1
No. 2 1917.B.2
No. 3 1917.B.3
No. 4 1925.Dt.1
No. 5 1925.Dt.22
No. 6 1926.B.1
No. 7 1938.Dt.17a-b
No. 8 1938.Dt.18
No. 9 1938.Dt.19
No. 10 1938.Dt.21
No. 11 1938.Dt.22
No. 12 1938.Dt.28
No. 13 1938.Dt.29
No. 14 1939.Dt.10
No. 15 1940.Ea.113a
No. 16 1940.Ea.113b
No. 17 1940.Ea.113c
No. 18 1940.Ea.114a
No. 19 1940.Ea.114b
No. 20 1940.Ea.274
No. 21 1941.B.2
No. 22 1941.B.3
No. 23 1941.B.4
No. 24 1941.B.5
No. 25 1941.B.6
No. 26 1941.B.7
No. 27 1941.B.8
No. 28 1941.B.9
No. 29 1941.B.10
No. 30 1942.B.1
No. 31 1944.Dt.23
No. 32 1949.50.B.3
No. 33 1949.50.Dt.10
No. 34 1952.Dt.1
No. 35 1952.Dt.38
No. 36 1952.Dt.39
No. 37 1953.Dt.4
No. 38 1984(1923).Dt.1
No. 39 1984(1923).Dt.3
No. 40 1984(1923).Dt.4
No. 41 1984(1923).Dt.5
No. 42 1984(1923).Dt.6
No. 43 1984(1923).Dt.7
No. 44 1984(1923).Dt.8
No. 45 1984(1923).Dt.9
No. 46 1984(1923).Dt.10
No. 47 1984(1923).Dt.11
No. 48 1984(1923).Dt.12
No. 49 1984(1923).Dt.13
No. 50 1984(1923).Dt.14a-b
No. 51 1984(1923).Dt.15
No. 52 1984(1923).Dt.16
No. 53 1984(1923).Dt.17
No. 54 1984(1923).Dt.18
No. 55 1984(1923).Dt.19
No. 56 1984(1923).Dt.20a-b
No. 57 1984(1923).Dt.21
No. 58 1984(1923).Dt.22
No. 59 1984(1923).Dt.23
No. 60 1984(1923).Dt.24
No. 61 1984(1923).Dt.25
No. 62 1988.Dt.1
No. 63 X.Dt.34
No. 64 X.Dt.39
Bibliography
Concordance
Index of Donors
General Index
