PENELOPE

The PENELOPE project aims at integrating ancient weaving into the history of science and technology, especially digital technology. It encompasses the investigation of ancient sources (texts and images) as well as practices and technological principles of ancient weaving. Based on the fact that weaving is a digital art/technology from the very beginning, we explore the technological principles and the tacit knowledge involved in the patterning process by setting up a PENELOPEan laboratory whe..