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Coptic Tunics- FAS06A01
Created by Rosalind Mihrimah
Level: Beginning
Objective: students will learn a basic overview of Coptic tunics.
I. Introduction
a. Who were the Copts
b. Where and When were they located
c. Who wore it
II. Materials
III. Period process of making a Coptic tunic
IV. Tunic designs and patterns
V. Recreating for the SCA
Suggested Sources:
The Rich Life & the Dance: Weavings from Roman, Byzantine & Islamic Egypt. Eunice D. Maguire. Krannert Art Musuem.
The Triumph of Dionysus on Textiles of Late Antique Egypt. Victor F. Lenzen. University of California Press.
Coptic Egypt: The Christians of the Nile. Christian Cannuyer,. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001.
Coptic Fabrics. Marie Helene Rutschowscaya. 1990 Adam Biro
Bibliothèque DMC L’Art Chrétien en Égypt: Motif de Broderie copte, Deuxieme Partie www.antiquepatternlibrary.org
www.iub.edu - Indianan University Art Museum
www.benaki.gr - Benaki Museum of Greece
www. Louvre.fr - The Louvre, Paris France
www.clevelandart.org - The Cleveland Museum of Art
www.newarkmuseum.org - The Newark Museum online
www.copticmuseum.gov.eg - The Coptic Museum of Cairo Egypt
www.metmuseum.org - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Syllabus kindly made for RUGA by Rosalind Mihrimah, 1/18/07.
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