@QueensClassics @caitlinrgreen That is very beautiful.
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@EquineAnn
@caitlinrgreen Isn't it just. And so astonishing that something so fragile should have survived for a millennium and more...1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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@QueensClassics@caitlinrgreen Definitely. It's amazing the condition it's in after all that time. You'd have expected it to rot. Wouldn't U1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@EquineAnn
@caitlinrgreen Indeed. If only we had textiles from ancient Greece and Rome: women's work and very much valued!2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@QueensClassics @EquineAnn Got curious & found some poss ex: 5thC textile of Ariadne, Coptic https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/27305838@N04/6244054950/ …pic.twitter.com/QZg8I4MQFO
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@caitlinrgreen@QueensClassics @EquineAnn Which Ariadne is this supposed to be? Daughter of Minos? 5th century empress? Other?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@ClassAssocNI@QueensClassics Oh, good question--had assumed mythological, given the subjects of other known Coptic textiles & halo?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@caitlinrgreen@QueensClassics Could the halo mean St Ariadne?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green
@ClassAssocNI@QueensClassics Poss, not sure at that date, but cf Ariadne+Dionysus on textiles of similar date? eghttps://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/616706791217328128 …Dr Caitlin Green added,
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@caitlinrgreen@QueensClassics Very similar to Ariadne. Strange to see pagan Coptic art with how violently Christian 4th/5th c. Egypt was?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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@ClassAssocNI @QueensClassics absolutely--and into the 6thC perhaps? Eg https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/577767456741203968 …
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@caitlinrgreen@QueensClassics Would be interesting to know who was making them. Alexandrian Christians, while loud, not the only voice?0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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