Inscribed textiles from late antique and medieval Egypt offer many opportunities for inter-disciplinary investigations at the cross-roads of museum practice, archaeology, art history, conservation, and papyrology. This workshop considers the materiality of woven and inked inscriptions in Greek and Coptic to explore the relationship of language and identity, production and use, and other methodological questions.

Topics

• In Wool and Ink: Materiality and Function of Penned Inscriptions on Late Antique Textiles
• Inscribed Textiles: Christian Tiraz – Coptic Textile Messages
• Towards a Methodology for Inscribed Textiles

Participants include
Ines Bogensperger (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
Marek Dospěl (Catholic University of America) 
Elizabeth Dospěl Williams (Dumbarton Oaks)
Julia Galliker (University of Michigan)  

Contact
Julia Lougovaya-Ast (lougovaya@uni-heidelberg.de)