Coptic textile with birds
- Published/Created:
- ca. 300-400
- Date Depicted:
- 1975
8000 BC - 499 AD - Notes:
- The segmentum has several forms. Apparently it is woven as a separate piece, then appliqued.
- Abstract:
- Basically a tunic, the dalmatica is the main Early Christian garment. It is introduced to Rome from the Orient and is made of wool, cotton, or silk. Long at first, by the third century the hem moves up to the knee where it stays for the next 500 years. It is always unbelted. Extra fullness in the width is gathered into a decorative neckband. Sleeves are tubular and do not taper. The dalmatica often is over another garment. Clavi are vertical stripes which decorate the front and back of the dalmatica. At first they are simple stripes woven or embroidered into the tunica tolaris. Eventually they are highly decorative, with matching borders added to the hem, neck, upper arm, and wrist. Clavi sometimes break into spot designs called segmentum. The tunica tolaris, belted or unbelted, is still popular among the Romans. It is floor length for women and knee length for men. Sleeves are long and tapering.
- Topics:
- Textiles -- Coptic -- (YVRC)
- Culture:
- Coptic
Early Christian - Accession Number:
- 4388-169
- Genre:
- costume (mode of fashion): clothing (AAT)
textiles (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Clothing & Accessories
Furnishings & Decorative Arts - Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Source Creator:
- Button, Jeanne and Sbarge, Stephen
- Source Title:
- History of Costume, In Slides, Notes and Commentaries: Volume 1
- Source Created:
- New York, NY
Theatre Arts Slide Presentations
1975 - Call Number:
- GT513 +B87 1 (LC)
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Original Repository:
- Turin, Italy: Museo Civico d'Arte Antica e Palazzo Madama
- OID:
- 10542865
- PID:
- digcoll:1841593