Classical Studies 2700A/B Lecture 20: Classics 2700B Lecture 20
2 Feb 2017
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Classical studies 2700b textiles: weaving and dyeing century bc, and maybe later: see item c just below middle of hand-out page 1. Weaving: types of loom and their characteristics in early cultures. Basic loom in classical antiquity was warp-weighted vertical loom (that is, the warp threads [n. -s. ] have loom weights to which they are tied in bundles); this was the only type used in greece until end of 5th. Description of its various parts (using a better diagram on a slide). Note terminology: warp and weft; heddle-rod and its bracket; shed-rod; natural shed and artificial shed. Replaced in roman empire by free-standing two-beam loom (item b on page 1 of hand-out): its differences from earlier loom. In late antiquity reversion to horizontal looms with multiple heddle rods for elaborate weaves. On handout pictures of early looms: one is mesopotamian, one is egyptian, the first one at the top is about 3000 bc (early version, egyptian one is about 2000 bc.
