HISTORY IN SCRAPS OF FABRIC. ON THEPROVENANCE OF SOME DOZEN FRAGMENTSOF LATE ANTIQUITY TEXTILES AT THEJAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

Abstract

The importance of provenance research forplacing objects of originally unknown origins within a widerhistorical context is discussed. The issue is tackled on theexample of a less known group of historic objects at theJagiellonian University Museum: several dozens fragmentsof textiles from Egypt dating from Late Antiquity.

Keywords

• provenance
• Late Antiquity textiles
• Antinoopolis
• Carl Schmidt
• Jagiellonian University Museum