@EquineAnn @caitlinrgreen Isn't it just. And so astonishing that something so fragile should have survived for a millennium and more...
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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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@QueensClassics @EquineAnn This is apparently a detail of a 4th-6thC woollen hanging, Egypt: https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/27305838@N04/12430371144/ …pic.twitter.com/5poIpUZUit
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@QueensClassics @EquineAnn Final one--supposedly early 4thC or before textile, Coptic: https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/27305838@N04/6244007982/ …pic.twitter.com/ABhshFz9p4
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen
A wool tunic with appliqué, from L7th-L9thC Egypt, colours still brilliant! :) http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O119593/tunic-unknown/ …pic.twitter.com/ssKhdF4Gq6
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen
Pair of 4th-5thC red/purple leather shoes decorated w/ gold leaf, from a woman's grave, Egypt, http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O119560/pair-of-shoes/ …pic.twitter.com/68IRRuKbUZ
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For comparison, some of the shoes recovered from Jorvik (Viking York) ): via http://jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/about-jorvik/gallery/ …pic.twitter.com/aEtNQOcdzi
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@HipBookfairy lol! One suspects so :)
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