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"title": "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art",
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"title": "Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106",
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"title": "Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity",
"description": "Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, NY, New York, NY (February 25-May 22, 2016).",
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"title": "Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106",
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"description": "This circular element called a roundel that originally decorated a curtain displays a perfectly interlaced knot, a design believed to provide protection from harm. Curtains were often used as modular walls in houses, theaters, and Christian churches during the late Roman and early Christian periods.",
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"citation": "Thomas, Thelma K. \"Making Textiles and Assessing Their Value.\" In Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. Thelma K. Thomas, ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016.",
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