COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL17020970
Reference Number:
English MS 1552
Image Title:
Dyed fabric
Parent Work Title:
Edward Schunck's Analysis Book
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Volume of Textile Samples
Creator:
Schunck, Edward, 1820-1903
Creator Role:
Compiler
Description:
Fragment of fabric from an Egyptian tomb, Flinders Petrie, the leading Egyptologist of the time, gave Edward Schunck fabric samples he had excavated at Lahun, Egypt in the late 1880s, which Petrie dated to the 7th century BCE.
Keyword:
Egyptology; Archaeology; Preservation; Chemistry; Dyes; Textiles; Petrie.
Subject:
Egypt--Antiquities
Subject:
Textile industry
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Support:
Fabric
Creation Site:
Egypt
Places Covered:
Egypt
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2017-02-02
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2017-03
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Dyed fabric
