"Textiles were a hugely important Roman industry yet, because of their perishable nature, only fragments remain. These twenty-two essays provide a detailed study of surviving fragments from across the Roman world, from the dry sands of Egypt to the Atlantic coast and the northern frontiers and beyond. The result is a comprehensive reconstruction of both everyday and exotic Roman clothing with information about the influences of fashion a ..."
"Bettina Hedinger, Hansjörg Brem, Barbara Fatzer, Josef Gisler Urs Leuzinger ... Bernhard A. Greiner, Rene- Hänggi, Ottmar Holdenrieder‚ Markus Höneisen, Hans Peter Isler, Rosanna janke, Jürgen Junkmanns, Gilbert Kaenel, Anne Kapeller, ..."
"Dr. Eric Lam in the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology at Rutgers
University kindly assisted with light microscopy. Thomas Chen and Cindy Reed
helped with the digital recording of the artifacts. We are grateful to Dr. Larissa
Bonfante and Dr. Adriana Emiliozzi, who on a visit to the Museum in March 2005
suggested the identification of the Faliscan textile as a sakkos, and pointed out
the chronological and stylistic links of ..."