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Resist-Dyed Hanging with Biblical Scenes

500–550

Egypt, Byzantine period

Medium
linen: resist-dyed, plain weave
Measurements
Overall: 99.7 x 104.8 cm (39 1/4 x 41 1/4 in.); Mounted: 111.1 x 114.3 x 2.5 cm (43 3/4 x 45 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1951.400
Public Domain
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Location
106A Migration Period & Coptic
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Description

This hanging textile features biblical scenes that early Christian people would have recognized. At left, the upper register shows the Virgin Mary and Christ child on a cross-legged stool. As a Coptic inscription indicates, the three kings approach from the right, carrying gifts. The middle register on the left may depict the baptism of Christ while the other three figures separated by columns appear to illustrate a New Testament miracle in which Christ feeds a large crowd with only five loaves of bread and two fish. In the lower register, the Old Testament scene of the prophet Jonah being swallowed by a whale is still recognizable.

Resist-Dyed Hanging with Biblical Scenes

500–550

Egypt, Byzantine period

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