Coptic Fabric Fragment – Tabula – Geometric And Quadruped Motifs – 5th Century

Coptic fabric fragment with geometrically patterned tabula and a quadruped in its center. Work from the 5th century AD Linen and wool 10x9.5cm The fragment has been affixed to a modern linen fabric. In a modern frame. Former collection of the Basque country. See similar examples at the Louvre Museum: AF 5522 Or at the University Library at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania under number T&CC.1978.19 Bibliography LORQUIN (Alexandra). - Coptic fabrics in the National Museum of the Middle Ages: catalog of Egyptian linen and wool fabrics from Late Antiquity to the first centuries of Islam. - Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1922. - 395 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. Cluny [Usuel] (no. 148, p. 332)