id: 128462 accession number: 1951.400 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.400 updated: 2019-11-18 10:29:21.443000 Resist-Dyed Hanging with Biblical Scenes, 500-550. Egypt, Byzantine period, 1st half of 6th century. Resist-dyed linen; plain weave; overall: 104.1 x 97.8 cm (41 x 38 1/2 in.); mounted: 111.1 x 114.3 x 2.5 cm (43 3/4 x 45 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1951.400 title: Resist-Dyed Hanging with Biblical Scenes title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 500-550 creation date earliest: 500 creation date latest: 550 current location: 106A Migration Period & Coptic creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Egypt, Byzantine period, 1st half of 6th century technique: resist-dyed linen; plain weave department: Textiles collection: T - Coptic type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 104.1 x 97.8 cm (41 x 38 1/2 in.); Mounted: 111.1 x 114.3 x 2.5 cm (43 3/4 x 45 x 1 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Greek inscriptions identify the various scenes from the Old and New Testaments. Above the first of the Magi in the upper register can be seen the two letters "XP" from the Greek work for gold. At the left of the middle register are two figures, the first almost destroyed and the second identified by the inscription, "EIWANNHC," as John. In the lower register is a portrayal of Jonah thrown up on the shore with the big fish beside him and accompanied by the inscription, "EIWNAC." Moses, almost completely destroyed, is only identifiable by his inscription, "MWCHC." translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Coptic Gallery 106 - May 2019 opening date: 2019-05-20T04:00:00 Coptic Gallery 106 - May 2019. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Blue Traditions: Indigo Dyed Textiles and Related Cobalt Glazed Ceramics from the 17th through 19th Century" [Dec. 4, 1973-Jan. 20, 1974].
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Age of Spirituality, Late Antique and Early Christian Art--Third to Seventh Century," [Nov. 1977-Feb. 12, 1978].

Textiles Rotation (gallery 106): March 18, 2014 - --- PROVENANCE (Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York; said to have been brought to Paris from Egypt in the 1870s or 1880s). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This hanging belongs to an elite group featuring biblical scenes that early Christians would have recognized. The upper register on the left shows a cross-legged stool in a fragmentary Adoration of the Virgin; as a Coptic inscription indicates, the Magi approach from the right. The middle register on the left may depict the Baptism of Christ while the other three figures separated by columns appear to illustrate the Miracle of Loaves and Fishes. Old Testament scenes in the lower register include Jonah and the Whale. The scenes were created using a resist-dye technique. A substance that dyes cannot penetrate was applied to the linen cloth. After the cloth was immersed in an indigo dyebath, the resist was removed, revealing the design on the undyed linen against the blue-dyed ground. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 73 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n27 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 32 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n56 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 38 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n60 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 39 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n59 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.400/1951.400_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.400/1951.400_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.400/1951.400_full.tif