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TEXTILE PRINTING

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FIG. r.¢~}rincj1, dyc<l blue, the “reserved " parts reprcscnt the Annunciation; above the reclmng htzure of the Virgin Mary is the word MAPIA. Coptic, probably 5th or 6th century. 13 in. >< 2 ft. 5 in,

FIG, 3.-Piece of red silk, printed in red, green, and black from wood blofks. with a repeating pattern of black circles or rounds containing pairs of animals and rlmgons; orinted crosses in the intersp:ccs Rhenish, zzth or 13th century. 1;§ in >< 12; in.

FIG. ef-Clxild's Tunic ot linen dyed blue, the pattern being “reserved” Coptic, 4th century (P). 18% m. X 235 in. FIG, 4.—Piece of red silk, printed in black from wood blocks, with a trellis pqttem englqsing pairs of birds and authemions. Rhcnish, 13111 or 14th centuxy. 8% ln. >< 13% HL


Fm, 6, -Str? of linen printed in deep purple from ~ u wood b oak, with at repeating attem of eagles FIG. 5.-Piece of linen. printed in black from a wood block, with a pnttern compoeed of repetitions of at lady and conventional ltexf and fruit ierms. 6RIjt¢1'niSh» on a turret, leafy sprays, a hound, and a bird on the wing. Rhemsh, mth century. 9§ m. >< xg? m. I-lik UI Curly lalh WHIHYY. 20% ID, X ill

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