(CE:1701a-1715a)
MUSEUMS, COPTIC COLLECTIONS IN. Not all ancient Coptic artifacts—whether the most commonplace items, those to be classified as art, or fragments of architectural sculptures and mural paintings—have remained in situ. A great number have disappeared, and of the objects that have survived, most have been placed in private or public collections in Egypt and elsewhere throughout the world. These items merit study, for though some offer but a sampling, the majority—via the various techniques employed in their creation—serve to fill out one's picture of Coptic culture and enable one to trace the evolution of its art and crafts according to the stages of its history and its characteristics.
Therefore, it is necessary to present a survey of the artifacts in these collections. Emphasis is placed on those open to the general public, of which the greatest number belong to museums or are connected to university centers, but a few private collections are included because of their size and/or importance.
Obviously it is impossible to give detailed information about these items (e.g., chronological, descriptive, and artistic, according to their provenance in Egypt). Therefore a simple yet adequate description is given by category; it includes a numerical estimate of the items in each collection and a note as to their state of preservation. From such succinct lists, anyone needing more precise information can then go on to consult the various museums and collections. However, even in such condensed form, these lists are very informative, if only for showing the range and variety of Coptic work.
The survey is arranged in alphabetical order according to (1) country; (2) cities within each country; (3) museums or collections within each city, and (4) the categories represented in each museum and the state of preservation of the various items ("c" stands for "complete"; "nc," for "not complete"; "fr," for "fragments"). Some of the numbers shown are necessarily approximate.
Apart from the general schema described above, three public collections deserve special mention, for in each one the principal aspects of Coptic art and technique are sufficiently well represented to allow one to perceive a coherent and complete whole.
First, and without equal, is the COPTIC MUSEUM in Cairo.
Only two other collections—which as a whole cannot be placed on the same level as the Cairo collections, although in some domains they are more representative—have the aspect of a Coptic museum outside of Egypt, even to the point of being "ambassadors" for the Coptic Museum in Cairo, for their range is complete as well as abundantly stocked in the diverse categories of ancient Coptic work. These are the STATE MUSEUM OF BERLIN in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and the LOUVRE MUSEUM in Paris.
ARGENTINA
La Plata
Universidad National de la Plata
Sculpture in stone: architectural capitals (c: 1)
Ceramics: decorated vase (fr: 6)
AUSTRALIA
Melbourne
Museum of Victoria
Ceramics: lamps (c: 2); Saint Menas phials (c: 2)
National Gallery of Victoria
Textiles: outer garments (c: 1), (nc: 1), (fr: 34)
Queens College
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 47)
Sydney
Macquarie University, Ancient History Teaching Collections
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 25)
Ceramics: lamps (c: 3); Saint Menas phials (c: 1)
Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 35); handbags (nc: 1)
Power House Museum
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 2)
AUSTRIA
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Paintings: relief of Saint Menas (1); mummy portraits (8)
Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst
Textiles: various (1,600), most uncovered near a cemetery near Saqarra
Papyrus-Sammlung der österreichischen Nationalbibliothek
Paintings: mummy portraits (2)
BELGIUM
Antwerp
Museum Mayer Van Den Bergh
Textiles: various (fr: 3)
Museum Vleeshuis-Oudheidkundige Musea
Textiles: various (fr: a few)
Ceramics: various (fr: a few)
Ivory and bone: statuettes (c: 2)
Bruges
Gruuthusmuseum
Textiles: various (fr: 11)
Brussels
Musées royaux d'Art de l'Histoire du Cinquantenaire
Section—Art chretien d'Orient
Textiles: various (fr: a few)
Ceramics: dolls (1)
Bronzes: cross, cauldron
Départment egyptien
Sculpture in stone: friezes (fr: 11); large relief (c: 1); capitals (c: 5); statuary (c: 3); stelae (c: 5)
Sculpture in wood: (c: 1)
Ivory and bone: sculptures (8); games (1)
Painting on wood: (c: 1)
Ceramics: goblets and dishes (c: 10); Saint Menas phials (c: 10); lamps (c: 50), (fr: 40); various (c: 20)
Glass: vases and bottles (c: 3)
Ghent
Museum
Sculpture in wood: combs (1)
Leather: sandals (c: 1), (fr: a few)
Kortrijk (Courtrai)
Museum voor Oudheidkunde en Sierkunsten
Textiles: outer garment (fr: 1); liturgical vestment (fr: 1); various (fr: 9)
Leuven (Louvain)
Musée de l'Université
Ceramics: lamps (c: a few); Saint Menas phials (c: a few)
Liège
Musée Curtius
Glass: glasses (a few)
Louvain-la-Neuve
Musée de l'Université
Ceramics: various (a few)
Mons
Musée Puissant
Textiles: various (fr: indeterminate)
Morlanweiz
Musée Royal de Mariemont
Sculpture in stone: stelae (a few)
Ceramics: lamps (a few)
Textiles: various (a few)
Namur
Cathedral of Namur, Musd e Diocd sain
Textiles: various (c: 1)
Scheldewindeke
Museum
Sculpture in wood: combs (c: 1)
Textiles: (fr: 15)
CANADA
Montreal
Museum of Fine Arts
Bone: (fr: 56)
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 434); bonnets and handbags (c: 9); hangings (fr: 4)
Bronzes: various (c: 14)
Leather: boots (c: 50), (nc: 6)
Toronto
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Malcove Collection
Sculpture in stone: relief (c: 16); other elements (c: 2)
Sculpture in wood: spoon (c: 1)
Paintings: mural (fr: 20); on wood (fr. 1)
Ivory: various (c: 4)
Bone: various (c: 11)
Textiles: various (45), including outer garments (nc: 1), (fr: 40)
Ceramics: various (c: 5)
Bronzes: various (c: 25)
Metals: lead flask (c: 1); gold earring (c: 1)
Royal Ontario Museum, Greco-Roman Department
Sculpture in stone: decorated stelae (c: 4), (nc: 1); statuary (nc: 1); figurative reliefs (nc: 3); vases (c: 2)
Sculpture in wood: various (c: 13), (nc: 7)
Ivory and bone: various (c: 45), (nc: 36)
Paintings: mural portraits (c: 2)
Ceramics: decorated vases (c: 25), (nc: 5), (pc: 5) (fr: 1); cups (c: 4), (fr: 1); lamps (c: 35), (nc: 25), (fr: 10); Saint Menas phials (c: 3), (nc: 6), (fr: 1); various (c: 7), (fr: 4)
Bronzes: crosses (c: 19), (nc: 1), (fr: 1); lamps (c: 10), (nc: 6); lamp feet (c: 4); decorated vases (c: 3); weights (c: 2)
Glass: vases (c: 12), (nc: 1), (fr: 6); mirrors (nc: 1)
Royal Ontario Museum, Textile Department
Textiles: various (798), including outer garments (c: 19), (fr: 135); hangings (c: 3), (fr: 61)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Brno
Moravská Galerie
Textiles: various (30)
Vlastivedný stav
Textiles: (1)
Ceska Skalice
Museum Bozeny Nemcové a Textilní Muzeum
Textiles: various (25).
Chotebor
Mestské muzeum
Textiles: various (20)
Krnov
Mestské Muzeum
Textiles: various (22)
Liberec
Severoceské Muzeum
Textiles: various (40)
Lomnice Nad Popelkou
Mestské Muzeum
Textiles: various (a few)
Opava
Slezské Muzeum
Textiles: various (10)
Plzen
Západoceské Muzeum
Textiles: various (15)
Prague
Náprstkovo Muzeum Asijských, Afrických a Americkych Kultur
Textiles: various (50)
Sculpture in stone: various (a few)
Sbírka Univerzity Karlovy, Katedra ved o Antichém Staroveku
Textiles: various (1)
Umeleckoprumyslové Muzeum
Textiles: various (90)
DENMARK
Copenhagen
Museum of Decorative Art
Textiles: outer garments (c: 1), (nc: 2), (fr: 80)
Nationalmuseet (National Museum of Denmark)
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 12)
Ceramics: lamps (c: 9); Saint Menas phials (c: 3)
EGYPT
Cairo
Coptic Museum
See separate entry.
GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF (West Germany)
Aachen
Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum.
Textiles: various (26)
Berlin-Dahlem
Staatliche Museen preussischer Kulturbesitz
Sculpture in stone: statuary (c: 2); reliefs (c: about 10)
Sculpture in wood: statuary (c: 10)
Painting on wood: caskets (c: 2)
Textiles: various (10)
Ceramics: busts (c: 5); various (fr: 100)
Glass: various
Cologne
Schnütgen-Museum
Textiles: various (numerous)
Darmstadt
Hessisches Landesmuseum
Textiles: various (several)
Ceramics: oil lamps (fr: 3); various (several)
Bronzes: various (several)
Düsseldorf
Kunstmuseum
Textiles: bonnets (c: 7); various (550)
Leather: sandals (several)
Erlangen
Archäologischer Institut der Universität
Textiles: various (several)
Essen
Folkwang-Museum
Textiles: various (several)
Frankfurt am Main
Museum für Kunsthandwerke
Textiles: various (fr: 130)
Städtische Galerie Liebighaus
Sculpture in stone: architectural (fr: several)
Textiles: various (fr: 20)
Ceramics: Saint Menas phials and various (1,000)
Freiburg im Breisgau
Institut für christliche Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte der
Universität
Sculpture in stone: statuary (1)
Museum für Völkerkunde
Sculpture in wood: furniture (several pieces); combs (several)
Textiles: various (several)
Ceramics: lamps (several)
Bronzes: various (several)
Leather: sandals (several)
Basketry: various
Hamburg
Museum für Kunst und Gewerke
Textiles: tunics (several); various (fr: 180)
Hamm
Städtisches Gustav-Lübcke-Museum
Sculpture in stone: reliefs (c: 4)
Textiles: various (60)
Ceramics: lamps (several); amulets (25)
Hannover
Kestner Museum
Sculpture in stone: statuary (several); decorative reliefs (several)
Sculpture in wood: combs (several); castanets (several)
Ivory: various
Textiles: various (several)
Bronzes: various
Heidelberg
Institüt der Universität
Sculpture in stone: statuary (several); reliefs (several); sarcophagus (1)
Sculpture in wood: utensils, combs, and various (several)
Textiles: various
Ceramics: various
Leather: various
Metals: various
Glass: various
Basketry: various
Hildesheim
Rome- und Pelizaeus-Museum
Sculpture in stone: reliefs (3)
Textiles: various (300)
Karlsruhe
Badisches Landesmuseum
Sculpture in stone: statuary (1); relief (1)
Textiles: various (263)
Krefeld
Deutsches Textilmuseum
Textiles: various (numerous)
Mainz
Kunstgeschichtliches Institut der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität
Textiles: various (fr: 18).
Römisch-germanisches Zentral Museum
Sculpture in stone: reliefs (several)
Sculpture in wood: combs (several); various utensils
Textiles: various
Ceramics: lamps (several)
Mönchengladbach
Schloss Reydt Museum
Textiles: various (25)
Munich
Staatliche Sammlung ägyptische Kunst
Sculpture in stone: statuary (several); reliefs (several).
Ivory: various
Textiles: various
Offenbach
Deutsches Ledermuseum
Leather: shoes (several)
Oldenburg
Landesmuseum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte
Sculpture in wood: mask (1)
Textiles: various (fr: 3)
Recklinghausen
Ikonen Museum
Sculpture in stone: architectural reliefs, niches, capital (several)
Ceramics: various
Textiles: various
Glass: various
Trier
Trier Museum
Textiles: displayed and in storage (200), including pillows; blankets; tapestries; tunics for adults and children, with paintings, drawings, and sketches of various mythological, biblical, and other subjects on some of the tunics, on some medallions, and on other objects; and, among the rarities, a stocking, a satchel, and a bonnet
Ceramics: Greek vases (mostly from Egypt in late antiquity); terra-cottas (some)
Sculpture in stone: Coptic limestone reliefs (some); friezes (some)
Paintings: portraits (some)
Jewelry: (some)
Other items: mummy masks, candlesticks, incense stands, urns
Most of the objects are from the early and middle Coptic periods; few are from the late period.
Tübingen
Ägyptische Sammlung der Universität (Egyptian Collection of the University)
Sculpture in stone: stelae (several)
Ulm
Museum der Stadt Ulmer (Ulmer Museum)
Textiles: various (50)
Wiesbaden
Sammlung nassauischer Altertümer
Textiles: various (87); tunic (1)
Wurzburg
Wagner Museum der Universität
Textiles: various (57)
FINLAND
Helsinki
Finnish National Museum
Textiles: various (160)
FRANCE
Amiens
Musée de Picardie
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 2)
Angers
Musée Pincé
Textiles: bands (fr: 23)
Ceramics: vases (c: 2)
Metals: cruciform ornament of a lamp (fr: 1)
Auch
Musée d'Art et d'Archéologie
Sculpture in wood: frieze (c: 1); figurative reliefs (nc: 1);
decorative reliefs (c: 2); various (c: 2), (fr: 1)
Ivory and bone: statuary (c: 1)
Paintings: murals (fr: 1); portraits (c: 2)
Textiles: shawls (fr: 4)
Ceramics: various (c: 1)
Plasters: architectural elements (fr: 1)
Avignon
Musée Calvet
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 7)
Besançon
Musèe des Beaux Arts et d'Archéologie
Sculpture in stone: capital (c: 1); base of decorated vases (c: 1)
Textiles: undergarments (fr: 40)
Ceramics: decorated vase (c: 1); undecorated amphora (c: 1);
lamps (c: 3), (nc: 2); Saint Menas phial (c: 1)
Bordeaux
Musée d'Aquitaine
Textiles: tunics (c: 2), (nc: 10), (fr: 750)
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Musée des Beaux Arts et d'Archéologie
Sculpture in wood: various (fr: 6)
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 13)
Ceramics: lamps (c: 3)
Leather: pair of sandals (c: 1)
Cahors
Musée Ancien Palais Episcopal
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 40)
Leather: shoes (c: 1); pairs of boots (c: 1)
Calais
Musée des Beaux Arts et de la Dentelle
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 1)
Chalon-sur-Saône
Musée Denon
Ceramics: amphora (c: 1), (fr: several)
Châteaudun
Musée des Beaux Arts et d'Histoire Naturelle
Ceramics: Saint Menas phials (c: 4)
Châteauroux
Musée Bertrand
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 4)
Colmar
Museum d'Histoire Naturelle
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 90)
Compiègne
Musée Vivenel, l'Hotel de Sougeons
Textiles: tunics (nc: 1), (fr: several), shawls (c: 1); pillow covers (fr: several)
Dijon
Palais des Etats de Bourgogne
Sculpture in wood: weaving tools (c: 19); dolls (c: 2)
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 150)
Ceramics: lamps (c: 22); vases (c: 28); goblets (fr: several); dishes (c: 1)
Glass: bottles (c: 4), (fr: several)
Grenoble
Musée de Grenoble
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 21); bonnets and bags (c: 1), (fr: 4); hangings (fr: 12)
Guéret
Musée Ancien, l'Hôtel de la Sénatorerie.
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 155)
La Roche-sur-Yon
Musée Municipal
Ceramics: vases (c: 3); goblets (c: 4)
Laval
Musée du Vieux Chateau
Ceramics: vases (c: 2)
Lille
Université de Lille III, U.E.R. d'Histoire de l'Art et d'Archéologie
Ceramics: decorated potsherds (several)
Metals: silver cross (1)
Limoges
Musée Municipal
Sculpture in wood: double comb (c: 1); rectangular block ornamented with a cross (c: 1)
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 14)
Ceramics: Saint Menas phials (c: 2); decorated vases (c. 2)
Bronzes: lamps (c: 9); human head (c: 1); animals (c: several); bracelets (c: 2); pyx (c: 1); small bell (c: 1); sheep bell (c: 1); head of gazelle (c: 2); ornamented wand (c: 1)
Lons-le-Saunier
Musée de l'Hotel de Ville
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 18)
Luneville
Musée Municipal, Château
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 17)
Lyons
Musée des Beaux Arts
Sculpture in stone: friezes (fr: 5); capitals (nc: 1); broken pediments (fr: 1); figurative reliefs (c: 2); decorative reliefs (c: 5); sculpted table holding jars (c: 1)
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 200).
Ceramics: lamps (c: 6), (nc: 3); Saint Menas phials (c: 7), (nc: 4)
Bronzes: braziers (nc: 1); lamps (c: 2); lamp base (nc: 2); ornamental finery (nc: 1)
Glass: magic intaglios (c: 2)
Musée Historique des Tissus
Textiles: outer garments (c: 4), (nc: 7), (fr: 850); weavings (nc: 30); hangings (fr: 5, often of importance); pillow covers (fr: 6)
Marseilles
Musée d'Archéologie, Chateau Borély
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 76)
Ceramics: lamps (c: 5); Saint Menas phials (c: 11), (nc: 10)
Bronzes: dancer with crotalum (c: 1)
Leather: sandals (c: 1), (nc: 1)
Montbéliard
Musée du Chateau
Bronzes: frying pan (c: 1)
Nantes
Musée Départmental de la Loire Atlantique
Sculpture in wood: comb (c: 1); weaving implements (c: several)
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 39)
Ceramics: lamps (c: 16); Saint Menas phials (c: 1)
Orléans
Musée des Beaux Arts
Decorated fabrics: outer garments (fr: 2); hangings (fr: 26)
Ceramics: vases, with or without decoration (c: 8), (nc: 2), (fr: 2); lamps (fr: 1); Saint Menas phials (c: 1), (nc: 2); various stamps, corks, etc. (c: 2), (pc: 2), (fr: 7)
Paris
Administration Générale du Mobilier National et des Manufactures Nationales des Gobelins et de Beauvais
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 470); liturgical garments (c: 30)
Bibliothèque Nationale
Painting: illuminated manuscript (nc: 1), an evangelistary containing pictures of three of the four Evangelists and seventy-four scenes; some leaves with figurative subjects (fr)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Musée des Médailles et Antiques
Painting on wood: various (c: 2)
Institut Catholique de Paris
Painting: illuminated manuscript (c: 1)
Louvre Museum
See separate entry.
Musée August Rodin
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 74); underclothes (fr: 1); shawls (fr: 21); hangings (fr: 18); pillow covers (fr: 12)
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Pavillon de Marsan
Textiles: outer garments (c: 1), (nc: 41), (fr: 47); liturgical vestments (fr: 38); hangings (fr: 20)
Musée de l'Homme
Textiles: 500 items, including outer garments (fr: 63); shawls (fr: 9); bonnets and bags (fr: 7); hangings (fr: 15); cushions and pillow covers (fr: 2)
Musée des Thermes et de l'Hotel de Cluny
Sculpture in wood: combs (fr: 2)
Ivory and bone: statuary amulet (nc: 1); figurative reliefs on combs (fr: 2); decorative reliefs (fr: 1)
Textiles: tunic (nc: 1), (fr: 2); hair-nets (fr: 5); hangings (fr: 180)
Leather: sandals (c: 1) (nc: 5)
Périgueux
Musée du Périgord
Textiles: outer garments (c: 1 tunic), (fr: 155); undershirt (c: 1)
Rennes
Musée des Beaux Arts
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 67)
Roanne
Musée Joseph Déchelette
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 25); undergarments (nc: 2); liturgical vestments (fr: 1); pillow covers (nc: 1), (fr: 2)
Romans-sur-Isère
Musée de la Chaussure et d'Ethnographie Régionale
Leather: sandals (c: 4); boots (c: 1); shoes (c: 9)
Rouen
Musée Départemental des Antiquités de la Seine Maritime
Sculpture in wood: weaver's comb (c: 1)
Textiles: outer garments (nc: 1), (fr: 68); hangings (fr: 3)
Bronzes: libation goblets decorated with a cross (c: 1); insignia of a horseman's lance (c: 1)
Saint-Just, Saint-Rambert-sur-Loire
Musee Municipal, le Prieuré
Sculpture in wood: statuette (c: 1)
Textiles: various (fr: 7)
Toulouse
Musées Georges Labit
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 19)
Tournus
Musée Greuze
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 73)
Troyes
Musée des Beaux Arts et d' Archéologie
Textiles: various (fr: 77)
Verdun
Musée Municipal, Cloître de la Trinité
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 15)
Vienne
Musée d'Art Chrétien
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 2)
GREAT BRITAIN
Batley
East Kirklees-Bagshaw Museum
Textiles: various (fr: 34); trimmings (many); tapestry trimmings (many)
Leather: sandals (nc: 4)
Belfast
Ulster Museum
Sculpture in stone: stela (nc: 1)
Ivory and bone: bone cross (c: 1)
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 6)
Bronzes: figurine (c: 1)
Birmingham
City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Sculpture in stone: window sill (fr: 1); statuary (c: 1); stela (nc: 1); other elements, vases (c: 1), (nc: 1)
Sculpture in wood: various elements (c: 2), (nc: 5)
Ivory and bone: various elements (c: 4)
Textiles: various (nc: 7), (fr: 26)
Ceramics: decorated vases (c: 1), (nc: 1), (fr: 1); Saint Menas phials (c: 19); plain vessels (c: 27); various (nc: 4)
Glass: vases (c: 1)
Basketry: various (c: 6)
Bolton
Lancashire-Bolton Museum and Art Gallery
Sculpture in stone: capitals (fr: 2); broken pediments (fr: 2);
decorated stelae (c: 2); figurative statuary (c: 2)
Sculpture in wood: various (c: 7)
Ivory and bone: various (c: 7)
Textiles: outer garments (c: 1), (nc: 2); bonnets (c: 16); shawls (c: 1); undergarments (c: 4), (nc: 8); tunics, hangings (fr: 700)
Ceramics: decorated vases (c: 2), (fr: 2); cups (c: 5); lamps (c: 4); various (c: 2)
Bronzes: crosses (c: 3); ornaments (c: 38)
Leather: sandals (c: 2); boots (c: 3), (fr: 10)
Metals: iron (c: 10), (fr: 2)
Glass: vases (fr: 31)
Brighton
Art Gallery and Museums of the Royal Pavilion
Textiles: piece (fr: 1)
Bristol
City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
Sculpture in stone: stelae (c: 2)
Sculpture in wood: antelope heads (nc: 2); other elements (c: 1); figurative friezes (nc: 1)
Paintings: illuminations (c: 1)
Textiles: outer garments (nc: 7); bonnets and handbags (c: 1); tapestries (fr: 22); undergarments (nc: 2)
Bronzes: cross (nc: 1); inscribed cross (c: 1); censer (c: 1)
Leather: cushions (nc: 1?); piece of cut leather (fr: 1)
Metals: iron (c: 3), (nc: 2)
Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Museum
Sculpture in stone: friezes (c: 1), (nc: 1); capitals (c: 2), (nc: 1); decorated stelae (c: 1); decorated reliefs (c: 1)
Sculpture in wood: elements (c: 8), (nc: 3), (fr: 1)
Ivory and bone: statuary (c: 1), (nc: 1); figurative reliefs (c: 1), (nc: 2), (fr: 3); decorative reliefs (c: 1), (nc: 1), (fr: 10); other elements (c: 8), (nc: 3), (fr: 1)
Textiles: outer garments (c: 4), (nc: 1), (fr: 172); bonnets and handbags (c: 1)
Ceramics: decorated vases (c: 15), (nc: 3), (fr: 23); lamps (fr: 2), Saint Menas phials (c: 2), (nc: 8); various (c: 7), (nc: 32), (fr: 31)
Bronzes: crosses (c: 6); lamps (c: 2); plain vases (c: 2); ornaments (c: 8)
Leather: sandals (c: 2); boots (nc: 1)
Metals: silver (c: 3); various (c: 1)
Glass: vases (c: 2)
Exceptional items: ivory diptych showing the four Evangelists, sixth century; capitals from the basilica at Hawara
Cardiff National Museum of Wales
See Swansea, below.
Chelmsford, Essex-Chelmsford, and Essex Museum.
See London, Victoria and Albert Museum.
Colchester
Colchester and Essex Museum
Ceramics: Saint Menas phials (c: 1)
Dundee
Dundee Museums and Art Galleries
Sculpture in wood: kohl stick and lid (c: 2), (nc: 1)
Ivory and bone: ivory bracelet (fr: 2); bone pin (c: 2)
Metals: copper ring (c: 1); copper bracelet (c: 1); bronze crosses (c: 2)
Textiles: decorated (c: 24)
Glass: vases (fr: 6); beads (c: 6)
Leather: sandal (c: 1)
Durham
Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle
Textiles: tapestries (fr: 2)
Edinburgh
Royal Museum of Scotland
Sculpture in stone: stelae (c: 6), (fr: 1); statuary (c: 1)
Ivory and bone: figurative reliefs (fr: 2); decorative reliefs (fr: 2)
Textiles: outer garments (c: 4), (fr: 120); bonnets (c: 2)
Bronzes: crosses (c: 1); bronze censers (c: 1)
Metals: gold (nc: 1)
Glasgow
Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, Burrell Collection
Textiles: tapestry (fr: 23)
Hunterian Museum
Textiles: various (fr: 3), ostraca (c: 24)
Greenock
McClean Museum and Art Gallery
Textiles: various (few)
Halifax
Bankfield Museum, Calderdale Museums Service
Textiles: various (fr: 86)
Hereford
City Museum and Art Gallery
Bronzes: lamps (c: 2)
Ipswich
Ipswitch Museum
Ceramics: Saint Menas phial (c: 1)
Painting: stucco painted with a crude figure of a saint (c: 1)
Kendal-Cumbria-Abbot Art Gallery
Textiles: decorated fabrics (fr: several)
Leicester
Jewry Lane Museum
Textiles: sock (c: 2); infant's shirt (c: 2), (fr: 1); shirt sleeve (c: 1); woolen ball (c: 1); decorated fabrics (fr: 8)
Liverpool
Liverpool Museum
Sculpture in stone: friezes (nc: 2); decorated stelae (c: 2), (nc: 1)
Sculpture in wood: figurative reliefs (c: 2), (nc: 1); decorative reliefs (c: 5), (nc: 50); other elements (c: 16), (nc: 3), (fr: 5)
Ivory and bone: statuary (c: 3); figurative reliefs (c: 1); decorative reliefs (c: 10); other elements (c: 6), (nc: 3).
Textiles: garments (fr: 300)
Ceramics: decorated vases (c: 1); cups (c: 2); lamps (c: 4); Saint Menas phials (c: 100); various (c: 6), (nc: 3)
Bronzes: crosses (c: 5); braziers (c: 1); lamps (c: 1); plain vase (c: 1); ornaments (c: 3)
Leather: codex cover (c: 1)
Glass: vase (c: 1)
London
British Museum, Department of Egyptian Antiquities
Sculpture in stone: friezes (nc: 180); stone capitals (c: 21); broken pediments (c: 4); decorated stelae (c: 195); statuary (c: 4); figurative reliefs (c: 3), (nc: 10); decorative reliefs (nc: 5)
Sculpture in wood: friezes (nc: 10); other elements (c: 35), (nc: 10), (fr: 5)
Ivory and bone: statuary (c: 1), (nc: 12), (fr: 5); figurative reliefs (c: 4), (nc: 8), (fr: 3); decorative reliefs (c: 7), (nc: 6), (fr: 7); other elements (c: 100), (nc: 50), (fr: 50)
Painting: murals (nc: 1)
Textiles: outer garments (c: 2), (nc: 3), (fr: 165); bonnets and handbags (c: 1), (fr: 1); liturgical vestments (nc: 1); tapestries (c: 1), (nc: 2), (fr: 2)
Ceramics: decorated vases (c: 4), (nc: 1), (fr: 33); lamps (c: 129); Saint Menas phials (c: 7), (nc: 8); various (c: 23), (nc: 2)
Bronzes: crosses (c: 4); lamps (c: 4); lamp feet (nc: 3); ornaments (c: 15)
Leather: sandals (fr: 1); codex covers (nc: 1), (fr: 2)
Metals: gold (c: 1); silver (c: 2); iron (fr: 5)
Glass: vases (c: 3); mirrors (nc: 3)
British Museum, Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities
Sculpture in stone: (fr: 2); bread stamps (c: 3); crosses (c: 3); seals (c: 7)
Sculpture in wood: door panels (c: 10); cross (c: 2); bread stamps (c: 2); pectoral (c: 1); comb (c: 1); pin (c: 2)
Textiles: various (fr: 29)
Ivory and bone: figures (c: 15); bone cruciform pendants (c: 12)
Ceramics: lamps (c: 42); Saint Menas phials (c: 12); pilgrim medallion (c: 1); bread stamps (c: 4); dishes (c: 4), (fr: 4); doll (c: 1)
Metals: gold rings (c: 2); breast chain (c: 1); earrings (c: 2); iron rings (?); bracelets (c: 2)
Bronzes: rings (c: 7); weights (c: 55); lamps (c: 10); lamp fittings (c: 1); peacock (c: 1); goose (c: 1); patera (c: 1); dish (c: 1); ewer (c: 1); bucket (c: 1); amphora (c: 1) pedestal (c: 1); medallion (c: 1); crosses (c: 16); brooches (c: 3); buckle (c: 1); earrings (c: 12); bracelets (c: 3); pins (c: 1); crosses (c: 2)
Glass: coin weights (c: 2); pendants (c: 2); bottle seals (c: 2)
From Wad Sarjah: stucco mural painting (1); 650 complete and incomplete pottery vessels and lamps; approximately 80 assorted textile, wood, bone, iron, bronze, lead objects; approximately 410 glass fragments
Victoria and Albert Museum
Textiles: tapestries (fr: 64); tunic (fr: 2); gilt leather strap (fr: 1); basket (fr: 1).
To be added from Chelmsford, Essex-Chelmsford, and Essex Museum: various elements: (fr: 20) donated.
To be added from London-South Kensington Museum (Textile Machinery Collection): the whole Coptic collection on long-term loan
Maidstone
Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery
Textiles: (fr: 3)
Newbury
Newbury District Museum, Berkshire
Ceramics: decorated vases (fr: 3); cups (fr: 4); Saint Menas phials (c: 1), (nc: 1), (fr: 5); various objects, shards (fr: 12)
Northampton
Central Museum
Leather: shoes (nc: 2); sandals (nc: 3)
Norwich
Castle Museum
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 13); tapestries (fr: 6)
Nottingham
City of Nottingham Arts Department, Museum of Costume and Textiles
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 38)
Oxford
Ashmolean Museum
Sculpture in stone: altar slab (c: 1); capital (c: 1); bust (c: 1); stelae (c: 4); cross (c: 1)
Sculpture in wood: cross (c: 1); altar board (c: 1); combs (c: 3), (nc: 2), (fr: 1); triptych (nc: 1)
Leather: headband (c: 1); decorated piece (fr: 1); shoes (c: 5), (nc: 2), (fr: 1); sandals (nc: 1), (fr: 1)
Ivory and bone: comb (c: 1); spindle whorls (c: 6), (nc: 1)
Ceramics: lamp (c: 7), (nc: 2); pots (c: 3), (nc: 6), (fr: 1 with chi-rho symbol on base); Saint Menas phials (c: 14), (nc: 39), (fr: 2); incense burner or lamp stand (nc: 1); eucharistic loaves (c: 5)
Glass: flasks (c: 19), (nc: 1), (fr: 3); vases (fr: 1); bowls (fr: 6); jars (c: 8)
Bronzes: tripod stand (c: 1); bucket (c: 1), vase (c: 1); cruet and stand (nc: 1); lamp (c: 1), (nc: 2); bowl with spout (nc: 1); pyx (fr: 1); censer and thurible (fr: 1); statuette of dove (?) (c: 1); cross (c: 1)
Metals: iron knife blade (c: 1); iron cross (nc: 1); silver processional cross (c: 2); silver cross and sacramental spoon with Arabic inscription (c: 1); silver fan (c: 1); silver-gilt bridal gown (c: 1); steel knife or cleaver blade engraved with doves and crosses (c: 1)
Textiles: decorated fabrics (fr: 444)
Reed: whistle (nc: 1)
Pitt Rivers Museum and Department of Ethnology and Prehistory
Sculpture in wood: doll (c: 3); combs (c: 2); keys (c: 2)
Ivory and bone: statuary (c: 1)
Paintings: panels (c: 2); ornamented ostrich egg
Bronzes: lamp (c: 1); cross (c: 1); rings (c: 4); bracelets (c: 2); lock (c: 1); keys (c: 2) bolts (c: 2)
Metals: brass bracelets (c: 2); bronze and iron rings (c: 4); iron padlock (c: 1); keys (c: 10)
Reed: pipes (c: 1), (nc: 1)
Note also ostrich egg, ornamented with incised pictures of public buildings, probably in Cairo, signed by the artist, Hasan Fahmî, length, 6 in., and max. width, c. 4.3 in.; four bronze and iron finger rings (?); bronze bolt from lock; two wooden pin-lock keys; iron padlock.
Reading
Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology, Reading University
Textiles: decorated fabrics (fr: 18).
Rochdale
Rochdale Museum, Lancashire
Textiles: outer garments (c: 1), (fr: 25); shawls (fr: 2)
Salford
Salford Museums and Art Galleries
Textiles: tapestries (fr: 10)
Swansea
Swansea University College, Wellcome Collection
Sculpture in stone: frieze (c: 1); decorated stelae (c: 1), (nc: 1), (fr: 3)
Ivory and bone: weaver's implements (c: 3)
Textiles: outer garments (nc: 1), (fr: 1); bonnets (nc: 3), (fr: 1)
Ceramics: Saint Menas phials (c: 1); stamps (c: 1)
Bronzes: ornaments (c: 3)
Swindon
Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, Wiltshire
Ceramics: lamp (c: 1)
Torquay, Devon
Torquay Museum
Textiles: tapestries (fr: 2)
Ceramics: decorated flask (nc: 1); figurine (c: 1)
GREECE
Athens
Benaki Museum
Sculpture in stone: capitals (c: 2); figurative reliefs (c: 1); decorative reliefs (c: 1); various (c: 4), (nc: 35)
Sculpture in wood: statuary (c: 7), (fr: 22); figurative reliefs (c: 2); decorative reliefs (c: 2); various (c: 6), (nc: 40)
Ivories and bone: figurative reliefs (nc: 6); decorative reliefs (c: 16), (nc: 7); various (c: 4), (nc: 8)
Paintings: portraits on cloth (c: 2)
Textiles: garments (c: 4), (nc: 6), (fr: 337); bonnets and bags (nc: 3); hangings (nc: 3), (fr: 46); pillow covers (fr: 15)
Ceramics: decorated vases (c: 29), (fr: 22); lamps (nc: 3); Saint Menas phials (c: 16), (nc: 11); various (c: 17)
Bronzes: crosses (c: 7), (nc: 1); inscribed crosses (c: 2); censers (c: 12), (fr: 1); braziers (c: 1); candelabra (c: 3), (nc: 1), (fr: 5); lamps (c: 10), (nc: 3), (fr: 9); lamp bases (c: 5), (nc: 1); plain vases (c: 1), (fr: 1); ewers (c: 3); ornamental finery (c: 12), (nc: 1)
Leather: sandals (c: 2)
Metals: silver (c: 17); iron (c: 8)
HUNGARY
Budapest
Szépmuveszeti Muzeum (Hungarian Museum of Fine Arts
Sculpture in stone: capitals (c: 2); relief (fr: 1)
Bone: figurines (c: 20), (fr: 5); weaving tools (c: 16); tools (c: 15); figurative reliefs (fr: 2); various (c: 2)
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 60)
Ceramics: decorated vases (c: 5), (fr: 1); lamps (c: 25); Saint Menas phials (c: 15), (fr: 4); vases (c: 8), (fr: 7); figurines (c: 18), (fr: 80); stamps (c: 15)
Bronzes: candelabra (fr: 2); lamps (fr: 2); ornamental finery (c: 5); jewelry (c: 5)
Glass: stamps (c: 1)
Gems: soapstone steatite figurines (c: 1); jewelry (c: 3)
Iparmuvészeti Muzeum (Museum of Decorative Arts)
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 173)
Debrecen
Dére Muzeum
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 5)
ISRAEL
Jerusalem
Istall Museum
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 7); tapestries (c: 1), (nc: 5), (fr: 30)
ITALY
Rome
Museo Sacro della Biblioteca Apostolica des Vatikans (Private Collection)
Textiles: various pieces from Akhmîm-Panopolis, dating from fourth-fifteenth centuries (19), multicolored silks (collection) from the treasure of the Santa Sanctorum, which combine Sassanian, Christian Syrian, and Byzantine elements
Vatican Museums (Private Collection)
Textiles: various pieces of Antinoopolitan provenance from third to ninth centuries, including one third-century painted mummy wrapping (99)
JAPAN
Osaka
Kanebo, Ltd. Collection of Coptic Textiles
Decorated fabrics: large altar pieces; clothing; hangings; curtains; covers; pillows; belts; bags; other objects (more than 5,000 items, many of which are fragments)
NETHERLANDS, THE
Amsterdam
Allard Pierson Museum
Sculpture in stone: friezes (fr: 13); capitals (c: 3), (nc: 1), (fr: 1); decorated stelae (c: 8), (nc: 4); statuary (c: 2), (nc: 4), (fr: 2)
Sculpture in wood: friezes (fr: 1); panels (c: 1); reliefs (c: 4)
Ivory and bone: various (c: 2), (nc: 1)
Textiles: outer garments (c: 1), (nc: 5), (fr: 75); liturgical vestments (nc: 11), (fr: 12); bonnets and bags (fr: 1)
Ceramics: decorated vases (c: 2); goblets (nc: 1); lamps (c: 2);
Saint Menas phials (c: 2), (nc: 7); various (c: 7), (nc: 1), (fr: 1)
Bronzes: crosses (c: 1), (nc: 1); cauldron (c: 1); lamps (c: 1); decorated vases (c: 4); ornaments (c: 10)
Leather: sandals (c: 3), (nc: 1); boots (c: 1); belts (nc: 1), (fr: 1)
Metals: iron (c: 1)
Glass: mirror (c: 1)
Leiden
Rijsksmuseum van Oudheden
Sculpture in stone: friezes (nc: 7); decorated stelae (c: 6); figurative reliefs (nc: 3)
Sculpture in wood: various (nc: 13)
Ivory and bone: statuary (nc: 27); figurative reliefs (nc: 23); decorative reliefs (nc: 9); various (nc: 19)
Painting: manuscript illuminations (c: about 25)
Textiles: tapestries (nc: 1); pillow covers (nc: 8); various (fr: about 110)
Ceramics: decorated vases (c: 15); lamps (c: 38); Saint Menas phials (c: 15); various (c: 6)
Bronzes: crosses (c: 4); ornaments (c: 22)
Leather: sandals (nc: 5); codex covers (c: 1)
Metals: iron bracelet and buckles (c: 8)
POLAND
Kraków
Jagellonian University, Department of Mediterranean Archaeology
Ceramics: decorated vases (c: 1); plates (fr: 1)
Museum of Archaeology
Sculpture in stone: stelae (c: several)
Textiles: outer garments (fr: several)
Ceramics: Saint Menas phials (c: several)
National Museum
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 70); figurines (c: several)
National Museum, Czartoryski Collection
Sculpture in stone: panels (c: 1); stelae (c: 1), (nc: 1)
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 9); pillow covers (c: 2)
Ceramics: goblet (c: 1)
Warsaw
National Museum
Sculpture in stone: figurative reliefs (fr: 1); decorative reliefs (fr: 7); incised stamps (c: 4)
Textiles: outer garments (nc: 1), (fr: 52); bonnets and bags (c: 1); liturgical vestments (fr: 1?)
Ceramics: decorated vases (c: 5), (nc: 13), (fr: 308); Saint Menas phials (c: 5); figurines (nc: 3), (fr: 49)
PORTUGAL
Lisbon
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 26)
SWITZERLAND
Basel
Gewerbemuseum, Museum für Gestaltung
Textiles: outer garments (c: 2), (nc: 1), (fr: 54); bonnets and bags (c: 1); various (fr: 74)
Museum für Völkerkunde
Ivory and bone: various (c: 20)
Textiles: various (fr: 1,200)
Bern
Bernisches historisches Museum
Sculpture in wood: decorated reliefs, diptych (c: 1); beads (c: 17), (fr: 2)
Paintings: on linen (nc: 2)
Textiles: various (fr: 60)
Ceramics: statuette (c: 1)
Metals: brass eucharistic chalice (c: 1); processional crosses (c: 5)
Books: various (c: 2)
Geneva
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire
Sculpture in stone: friezes (fr: 1); capitals (c: 1); statuary (nc: 1); figurative reliefs (c: 1), (fr: 1); various (c: 5), (nc: 1), (fr: 1) Sculpture in wood: combs (fr: 3); stamps (nc: 1), button (c: 1)
Ivory and bone: crosses (c: 2); spoons (c: 1), (nc: 1); combs (fr: 1); straight pins (c: 2), (nc: 2), (fr: 2); bracelets (c: 2), (nc: 1); buttons (c: 8), (nc: 4); various (c: 1), (nc: 6), (fr: 2)
Textiles: tunics (nc: 2), (fr: 4); bonnets and bags (fr: 4); scarves (fr: 8); cloak (nc: 1); hangings (nc: 2); pillow covers (nc: 2); various (fr: 430)
Ceramics: lamps (c: 9), (nc: 1); phials (c: 1), (nc: 1); Saint
Menas phials (nc: 3); various (c: 4), (nc: 8), (fr: 1)
Bronzes: crosses (c: 8), (nc: 1); bells (nc: 2), (fr: 1); ornamental finery (c: 43), (nc: 7), (fr: 9); spoons, spatulas, styli (c: 9), (nc: 2), (fr: 1); disks (c: 2)
Metals: gold (c: 3), (nc: 4), (fr: 1); silver (c: 1), (nc: 1), (fr: 1); iron (c: 4), (nc: 2), (fr: 2)
Glass: ornamental finery (c: 16), (pc: 1)
Zurich
Archäologishes Institut der Universität Zürich
Sculpture in stone: figurative reliefs (c: 3)
Textiles: outer garments (fr: 3); hangings (fr: 1)
Ceramics: Saint Menas phials (nc: 10); various (fr: 10)
Völkerkundemuseum der Universität Zürich
Textiles: outer garments (c: 1); various (nc: 11)
TURKEY
Istanbul
Archaeological Museums of Istanbul
Textiles: tapestries (c: 30)
Ceramics: various (fr: 5)
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Ivanovo
Museum of Fine Arts
Textiles: various
Kaunas
Museum of Fine Arts
Textiles: various
Kiev
Museum of Occidental and Oriental Art
Textiles: various (fr: 30)
Leningrad
Hermitage Museum
Sculpture in stone: capitals (c: 1); stelae (fr: 40)
Sculpture in wood: figurative reliefs (c: 6); decorative reliefs (c: 2)
Ivory: figurative reliefs, crosses (fr: 25); decorative reliefs (fr: 4)
Paintings: portraits (c: 1), (fr: 1)
Textiles: outer garments (c: more than 100); bonnets (c: 12); hangings, veils (c: 50)
Ceramics: decorated vases (fr: more than 100)
Leather: pair of sandals (c: 1); belts (c: 1); cushions (c: 1)
Metals: various (fr: 450)
Glass: vases (fr: more than 30)
Lvov
Museum of Ethnography
Textiles: various (fr: 16)
Minsk
National University
Textiles: various (fr: 4)
Moscow
Museum of Fine Arts
Textiles: various (fr: 300)
Tallinn
Museum of Fine Arts
Textiles: various
Tbilisi
Museum of Georgian Arts
Textiles: various (fr: 10)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Amherst, Massachusetts
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
Sculpture: (1)
Textiles: various (11)
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan
Sculpture in stone: reliefs (198); other (5).
Sculpture in wood: various (30)
Bone: various (400-500)
Ceramics: painted pottery (5); stamp seals (20)
Glass: (1)
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore Museum of Art
Textiles: various (few)
Walters Art Gallery
Sculpture: reliefs (many); other (many)
Metals: jewelry (few)
Mosaic: (1)
Minor arts: various (12)
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham Museum of Art
Bone: statuary (1)
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum
Textiles: various (35)
Bloomington, Indiana
Indiana University Art Museum
Sculpture in stone: sepulchral marble stela with male and female orants (1)
Sculpture in wood: carved panel (1)
Textiles: various (many)
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Museum
Sculpture: various (10)
Reliefs: various (220)
Textiles: various (220)
Minor arts: various (50)
Buffalo, New York
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Sculpture in stone: relief of a Nereid (1)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Fogg Art Museum
Sculpture in stone: architectural limestone fragments, engaged arches, pilaster capitals, ornamental friezes and bands, lintels, colonnettes (214); lion head of fifth-seventh centuries (1)
Textiles: linen, wool, tapestry, tunic appliques, fragments of large hangings, borders, loop-pile coverlet, silk twill, resist-dye from fifth-ninth centuries (106)
Metal: brass lamp (1); bronze lamp (2); polycandela (1); small lidded toilet box (1); open-work censer dome from sixth-tenth century(1)
Bone: stylized dalls in bone; fragments of liturgical manuscripts on paper
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina
Textiles: fragments (5)
Ceramics: terra-cotta lamp (1)
Chicago, Illinois
Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Textiles
Textiles: various (many)
Field Museum of Natural History
Textiles: various (700-800)
Metals: bronze containers; jewelry
Minor arts: various (100)
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
Sculpture: (few)
Reliefs: (few)
Minor arts: (many)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Art Museum
Sculpture in stone: capitals (4); pediment (1)
Textiles: (13)
Minor arts: (105)
Claremont, California
Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Claremont Graduate School
Minor arts: (few)
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Museum of Art
Textiles: (many)
Columbia, Missouri
Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri—Columbia
Sculpture: (1)
Reliefs: (2)
Textiles: (35)
Minor arts: (6)
Coral Gables, Florida
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Textiles: (10)
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton Art Institute
Textiles: (fr: 9)
Denver, Colorado
Denver Art Museum
Sculpture in stone: polychromed limestone figure (1); sarcophagus relief of Pan with three goats (1)
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Institute of Arts
Textiles: (40)
Durham, North Carolina
Duke University Museum of Art
Paintings on wood: (fr: 4); wine jar (1)
Hanover, New Hampshire
Dartmouth College Museum and Galleries
Sculpture in stone: stelae (2)
Textiles: (fr: 1)
Hartford, Connecticut
Wadsworth Atheneum
Sculpture in stone: reliefs (2)
Textiles: various (80)
Metals: bronze lamps and vessels
Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu Academy of Arts
Textiles: various (36)
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Textiles: various (fr: 200)
Lawrence, Kansas
Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art
Relief: (1)
Textiles: various (fr: many)
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Sculpture: architectural reliefs (few).
Textiles: tunic (c: 1); various (34)
Memphis, Tennessee
Brooks Memorial Art Gallery
Textiles: (fr: 1)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Sculpture: (3)
Textiles: large woven panel portraying a jeweled cross standing in front of a wreath (c: 1); various (6)
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
Textiles: (19)
New Haven, Connecticut
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Papyrus Collection,
Yale University
Ceramics: stamp seals (3)
Yale University Art Gallery
Sculpture in stone: statuary (3); reliefs (15)
Ivory and bone: inlay (few)
Paintings on wood: (1)
Textiles: (200)
New York, New York
Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Textiles: (175)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egyptian and Islamic Departments
Sculpture in stone: (many)
Sculpture in wood: grave monuments
Reliefs: (many)
Textiles: (many)
Minor arts: (many)
Newark, Delaware
University of Delaware Gallery
Ceramics: terra-cotta lamp (1)
Newark, New Jersey
Newark Museum
Sculpture in stone: reliefs (2)
Sculpture in wood: relief (1)
Paintings on wood: (1)
Textiles: (46)
Ceramics: painted vases (c: 2), (fr: 1); lamps and flasks (7).
Bronzes: large crosses (5); small crosses (14)
Minor arts: bone and wood objects (31); scale and box (1)
Northampton, Massachusetts
Smith College Museum of Art
Textiles: various (fr: 5)
Oberlin, Ohio
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
Sculpture: (1)
Relief: (1)
Textiles: various (fr: 28)
Omaha, Nebraska
Joslyn Art Museum
Sculpture: (1)
Relief: (4)
Textiles: (7)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Drexel Museum Collection, Drexel University
Textiles: (3)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Textiles: various (fr: 88)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Institute
Textiles: (475)
Minor arts: (24)
Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute
Textiles: (9)
Princeton, New Jersey
Art Museum, Princeton University
Sculpture: (1)
Textiles: various (fr: 46)
Minor arts: (23)
Scheide Library, Princeton University
Textiles: various (fr: 8)
Providence, Rhode Island
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Sculpture: various (few)
Textiles: various (250)
Jewelry: various (few)
Richmond, Virginia
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Sculpture in stone: statuettes (few)
Textiles: various (fr: 7)
Ivory: statuettes (few)
Ceramics: various (fr: few)
San Jose, California
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
Sculpture in stone: cross (1)
Textiles: various (many)
Bronzes: lamp (1)
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Textiles: various (9)
Santa Monica, California
J. Paul Getty Museum
Grave relief: (1)
Elaborately painted sarcophagus: (1)
Textiles: various (fr: 2)
Sarasota, Florida
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Minor arts: a few
Seattle, Washington
Seattle Art Museum
Sculpture in stone: relief (1)
Sculpture in wood: relief (fr: 1)
Textiles: various (14)
Stanford, California
Stanford University Museum of Art
Textiles: various (125)
Urbana, Illinois
World Heritage Museum, University of Illinois
Textiles: various (28)
Washington, D.C.
Dumbarton Oaks, Byzantine Collection
Sculpture: various (12)
Textiles: various (160)
Minor arts: (many)
Institute of Christian Oriental Research, Catholic University of America
Ceramics: lamps (few); Saint Menas phials (few).
Textile Museum
Textiles: various, including large hangings (450)
Williamstown, Massachusetts
Williams College Museum of Art
Sculpture: various (fr: 4)
Textiles: various (fr: 18)
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester Art Museum
Textiles: (116)
Bronzes: (3)
PIERRE DU BOURGUET, S.J.