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Framed Egyptian Coptic Textile - Rampant Lion
Egyptian: Coptic Pre AD 1000: item #686119
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$95
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Tradition dictates that the Coptic Church in Egypt is based upon the teachings of St. Mark, one of the original disciples who supposedly visited Egypt around 50 A.D. Christianity took hold easily in Egypt, largely as a result of existing Egyptian religious beliefs that meshed well with Christian doctrine (e.g., the resurrection of Osiris and the holy trinity of Osiris, Isis, and Horus). The Coptic Church was more or less exiled from the Western Christian church due to its emphasis on monastic li... Click for details
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Egyptian Coptic Textile Fragment with Warrior & Lion
Egyptian: Coptic Pre AD 1000: item #642083
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$150
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This is a fragment of a very popular style of Coptic tunic from the sixth century A.D. Tunics from this period featured stripes called clavi, which crossed over the shoulders from hem to hem. (Think of a tunic as a T-shirt; the two clavi were vertical strips that ran up the front and back of the tunic in a similar position that a pair of modern suspenders would sit.) This style of clavicus shows alternating images of warriors/hunters with images of lions. The warriors are nude save for sword bel... Click for details
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Medieval Fatimid Period Coptic Textile Fragment, Egypt
Egyptian: Coptic Pre AD 1000: item #642075
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$250
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This large, complicated, and multicolored fragment belongs to a class of later Coptic textiles from the Fatimid period of Egypt known as Fayum textiles. These textiles are visually busy with plant motifs, like vine scrolls and complex palmettes, along with stylized animals, like birds, and sometimes Arabic script. This class of textile can be dated fairly conclusively to ca. 1000 A.D. based on parallel inscribed examples from state-sponsored textile workshops. Ironically, Fayum textiles are less... Click for details
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