Women's work : the first 20,000 years : women, cloth, and society in early times /
:
New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient societies. Barber "weaves the strands of mythology and literature, archaeology,ethnology, and documented history into a richtapestry" says John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book Review. Photos and drawings. Author lectures.
:
334 pages : illustration ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-322) and index. :
0393035060
Textile messages : inscribed fabrics from Roman to Abbasid Egypt /
: Papers from a study group held in Berlin, Jan. 25-26, 2003 sponsored by the Museum für Islamische Kunst and the Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst. : xxii, 261 pages, [87] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789004149564 : 0924-7696 ;
Textile Messages : Inscribed Fabrics from Roman to Abbasid Egypt /
:
The practice to supply textiles with inscriptions is well known in Egypt from Pharaonic times onwards. Nevertheless systematic studies on inscribed fabrics have been neglected until the middle of the 1990s when they almost simultaneously caught the interest of various scholars. This richly illustrated volume is a first compilation of what is known on the subject so far. It concentrates on textiles of the first millennium AD, a period of changing cultures, religions and languages in Egypt, mirrored by the Greek, Coptic and Arabic inscriptions on the fabrics. The emphasis lies on the historical, linguistic, sociological and artistic aspects of these textiles. Numerous fabrics from international collections are introduced. Further articles deal with the radiocarbon dating and technical aspects.
:
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047418290
9789004149564
Excavating, analysing, reconstructing textiles of the first millennium AD from Egypt and neighbouring countries : proceedings of the 9th conference of the research group 'Textiles...
:
324 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 30 cm :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789401443999
9401443998