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FUNERARY TEXTILES FROM THE MEDIEVAL CEMETERY OF NAQLUN
FUNERARY TEXTILES FROM THE MEDIEVAL CEMETERY OF NAQLUN

Author(s): Barbara Czaja-Szewczak
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Naqlun; Cemetery A; Fatimid; Ayyubid; textiles; shrouds; burial clothes

Summary/Abstract: The paper considers burial textiles from a Fatimid and Ayyubid cemetery in Naqlun in terms of the information they can provide for costumology studies as well as a reconstruction of burial customs. The textiles include coffin and body shrouds (including some with painted decoration and others with signatures in ink), pillows and tunics, the latter of a type specifically made for burial purposes.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: XX
  • Page Range: 413-420
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English
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