Detail View: Rylands Collection: Dyed fabric
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Image Number:
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JRL17020970
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Reference Number:
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English MS 1552
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Image Title:
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Dyed fabric
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Parent Work Title:
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Edward Schunck's Analysis Book
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Volume of Textile Samples
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Creator:
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Schunck, Edward, 1820-1903
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Creator Role:
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Compiler
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Description:
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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.
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Keyword:
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Egyptology; Archaeology; Preservation; Chemistry; Dyes; Textiles; Petrie.
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Subject:
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Egypt--Antiquities
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Subject:
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Textile industry
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Support:
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Fabric
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Creation Site:
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Egypt
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Places Covered:
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Egypt
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2017-02-02
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2017-03
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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