Tátrai Vilmos szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei 94. (Budapest, 2001)

DÁGI, MARIANNA - SIPOS, ENIKŐ: Report on the Conservation of Coptic Textiles in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1999-2000)

A fairly large textile fragment in the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts (inv. no. 84.122.1) (fig. 22) provided an opportunity for the interpretation of four smaller pieces in the Museum of Fine Arts (inv. nos. 84.385.A, 97.76.A. 97.77.A. 97.78.A) (figs. 23-26). All four pieces are decorated with identical animal figures and also their colour-scheme - red and yellow on black - agrees with that of the fragment in the Museum of Applied Arts; they differ, however, in size.

8 It seems likely that the four 8 It should be remarked that small differences in scale can occur even in one textile fragment. For example, in the central medallion of the Museum of Fine Arts in Dijon. 6 warp and 24 weft threads were counted per centimeter, while in the surrounding border 7 warp and 18 weft-threads were counted. (Les tissus coptes. Catalogue raisonné du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, Dijon 1986, 6 dec. - 10 mars, p. 711. no. 103.) The difference in size between the medallions surrounding the central motive can be spotted with the naked eye in a piece published in an auction catalogue (Sotheby's, Antiquities and Islamic Art, New York, Dec. 14, 1994, no. 191 ). 18-19. Fragment before and after conservation. Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, inv. no. 97.64.A