Riding Costume in Egypt

Origin and Appearance
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-90-04-13163-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 380 Seiten, Format (B × H): 243 mm x 165 mm, Gewicht: 862 g

Reihe: Studies in Textile and Costume History

An extremely rare and conspicuous find of oriental riding costumes in the late antique necropolis of Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt) brought together a number of specialists piecing together their evolution and historical context.
The first part deals with the evolution and distribution of the oriental riding costume in the Middle and Near East through the ages and the historical background on the find spot.
The second part focuses on the original costumes in various museum collections including much so far unpublished material, technical researches and reconstructions. Surprising new insights on the social background of their owners has been obtained by carefully studying and piecing together the finding context. Also the representations of riding costumes in and on different monuments are carefully examined. The book is richly illustrated with colour and black and white plates.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fluck, Cäcilia

Vogelsang-Eastwood

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altes Ägypten & Ägyptische Archäologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Materielle Kultur, Wirtschaftsethnologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Klassische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altorientalische Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Klassisch (Griechisch & Römisch)

Über Autor(innen)

Cäcilia Fluck, Ph.D. (1991) in Philosophy, University of Münster, Germany, is independant collaborator of the Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Berlin. She has published on late antique and early christian archaeology, especially textiles, from Egypt.
Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood, Ph.D. (1989) in archaeological textiles, Manchester University, is a textile historian and director of the Stichting Textile Research Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands. She is particularly interested in Middle Eastern textiles and clothing.