Url
	https://dhprojects.bc.edu/s/TellalianTextiles/item/1992
Resource class
	dctype:PhysicalObject
Title
	Vertical Band in Fine Tapestry
Description
	This textile fragment spectacularly preserves its green-yellow-red color palette. Along the yellow band, three symmetrical, repeated designs are present, containing dancing humans, heraldic birds, and a central figure with outstretched arms. As with the Nimbed Bust Roundel (<a href=" https://dhprojects.bc.edu/s/TellalianTextiles/item/1991#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-32%2C-156%2C1062%2C1118 ">McMullen 2018.6</a>), the circles around each central figure’s head may be read as haloes (implying Christian sainthood), nimbi (implying pagan devotion), or an ambiguous evocation of both. 

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The classic green-yellow-red color scheme, found on textiles such as this one, is thought to have influenced (via trade and mobility) the color palettes of early medieval illuminated manuscripts in Britain and Ireland, such as the Book of Durrow (<a href="https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/concern/works/wm117t53k?locale=en&page=2">Trinity College Dublin MS 57</a>).
Date
	8th-9th century
Type
	Textile
Spatial Coverage
	Egypt
Temporal Coverage
	8th-9th century
Provenance
	Purchased from Charles Dikran Kelekian, Ancient Arts, New York, NY on 9 December 1980. Provenance unknown prior to Kelekian family.
Repository
	McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Materials
	Linen and wool
Dimension (in)
	12.25 x 2.25 in
Dimension (cm)
	32.5 x 5.5 cm
Accession Number
	McMullen 2018.7
Tellalian Number
	Tellalian 1980-00650
Donor
	Barbara and Donald Tellalian
Exhibition History
	McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College. Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire, 14 February - 31 May 2015. https://www.bc.edu/sites/artmuseum/exhibitions/rip/
Publication History
	Nicgorski, Ann M. “The Fate of Serapis: A Paradigm for Transformations in the Culture and Art of Late Roman Egypt.” In <i>Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire</i>, edited by Lisa R. Brody and Gail L. Hoffman, 153–66, plate 168. Boston College: McMullen Museum of Art, distributed by the University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Conservation History
	May 1982: Textile Conservation Center, North Andover, MA.
Rights
	https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/ Public Domain

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