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- 2024-09-09
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- 2023-06-16
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- 2023-06-16
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- 2023-06-15
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- 2023-06-14
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- 2023-06-07
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- 2023-06-07
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Editorial Fragment of polychrome plasterwork decorated with atauriques and kufic characters. 13th-14th centuries. Found in the excavations of the east courtyard of the Synagogue of El Transito (Toledo). From a hammam in the Jewish quarter. Sephardic Museum (Syna...
- 2022-12-25
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Editorial Fragment, 9th?10th century, Attributed to Egypt, Fayum, Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave, H. 23 3/4 in. (60.3 cm), Textiles-Woven, This fragment (top) and (bottom), two ends of a shawl, are both decorated with two inscription bands?one a line o...
- 2022-12-24
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Editorial Majmuna Tombstone. Marble slab from a 12th-century tomb. It was the grave of a girl called Majmuna, who died on 21 March 1174. Inscription in Arabic kufic script. On the back there are fragments of sculpted decoration from the Roman period, indicating ...
- 2022-07-22
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Editorial Travel: Istanbul, Turkey
- 2021-08-04
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Editorial Square Tray with Recessed Medallion.
- 2021-06-04
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Editorial Textile Fragment with Inscription.
- 2021-04-07
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Editorial Tiraz Textile Fragment.
- 2021-04-07
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Editorial fragment.
- 2021-04-07
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Editorial early islamic, Medium: silk, linen Technique: slit and eccentric tapestry, Section of natural linen loosely woven plain cloth with narrow horizontal inscription band of delicate small Kufic lettering in faded red silk wefts on background of linen wefts...
- 2021-02-22
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Editorial Fragment, Medium: wool Technique: woven, Thick border with two selvedges (or loom ends?) Pattern of narrow bands of kufic inscriptions, all alike but in different color combinations: brown on tan, blue on orange, blue on red., Egypt, 13th15th century, ...
- 2021-02-22
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Editorial Tiraz, Medium: mulham Technique: painted on plain weave, Section of undyed mulham with right-hand part of decorated horizontal inscription band sketchily drawn on it: crude Kufic characters in black on blue guard bands outlined in black. Row of birds f...
- 2021-02-22
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Editorial Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: painted and printed; tiraz printed, Small rectangle of undyed cotton cloth stamped in red (now very faint) with square formed by two lines of outlined characters of decorated Kufic; painted over (at a later date?) wit...
- 2021-02-22
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Editorial Embroidered tiraz fragment, Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered on plain weave, Fragment with a narrow band of Kufic inscription embroidered in red silk on woven linen. Made during the Abbasid period caliphate (AD750-1258)., Iraq, Egypt, 10th ...
- 2021-02-22
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Editorial Fragment, Medium: silk, cotton, metallic thread Technique: 4&1 satin with continuous supplementary weft, Red-orange ground with small lattice pattern in gold, enclosing Kufic inscription: 'garment of health.' Warps of red-orange silk covering surface e...
- 2021-02-22
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Editorial Textile, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: compound plain weave, Fragment of dull rose, red, blue-green, dark yellow and metallic threads. Center has a band with Kufic inscription. Right and left show part of a roundel with additional inscriptio...
- 2021-02-21
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Editorial Printing block, Medium: wood, Small block carved on both sides. On one side is Kufic script, and on the other, part of a design with a section of circular motifs containing an inscription. Incomplete., Egypt, 14th century, appliances & tools, Printing ...
- 2021-02-21
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Editorial Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: two integrated fabric structures; 2/1 twill plus plain weave, Palmette flanked by circular scrolls with pseudo-Kufic writing., Spain, 14th century, woven textiles, Fragment.
- 2021-02-21
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Editorial Mihrab tile (portion of a Prayer niche), Siliceous-glazed earthenware, Square fragment. Blue, with three planes of raised ornament consisting of Kufic and Neskhi characters and a scrolled stem with fruit, outlined with light reddish brown. Painted over...
- 2021-02-21
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Editorial Fragment, Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered on plain weave, Fragment with an allover pattern of lobed squares containing small shield-like motifs and stars. Between squares are cartouches with Kufic inscriptions. Embroidery is predominantly ...
- 2021-02-21
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Editorial Fragment of a garment with printed inscription, Medium: cotton, gold pigment Technique: block-printed on plain weave, Fragment of white cotton cloth block-printed in closely repeated horizontal line of Kufic inscription meaning 'The Kingdom of God'; in...
- 2021-02-21
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Editorial Double Leaves of a Quran in Kufic?Script, 12th?century, Ink on deerskin, A: 5 5/8 ? 4 5/16 in. (14.3 ? 10.9 cm), Iranian/Persian,?Islamic, Seljuq period (1037 -?1194), Calligraphy.
- 2021-02-21
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Editorial Textile with Lions' Heads, Foliate Ornament and Kufic Letter L.
- 2020-12-04
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Editorial Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript.
- 2020-12-04
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Editorial Qur'an in eastern kufic script. Qur'an. Iraq or Persia, 11th or 12th century. Qur'an in eastern kufic script. Image taken from a Qur'an . Originally published/produced Iraq or Persia, 11th or 12th century. . Source: Or. 6573, ff.210v-211. Language: A...
- 2020-12-04
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Editorial Bifolium from the "Nurse's Qur'an" (Mushaf al-Hadina).
- 2020-12-02
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Editorial Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript, 9th?10th century, Attributed to Central Islamic Lands, Ink and gold on parchment, Page: H. 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm), Codices, The angular kufic script of this page is moderated by the roundness of many letters that resemble ...
- 2020-12-02
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Editorial Bifolium from a Qur'an Manuscript, 15th century, Made in India, probably Gujarat, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Double folio: , Codices, The double folio is from a Qur'an manuscript with three lines in black ink on each page and diagonally...
- 2020-12-02
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Editorial Spain. Aragon. La Puebla de Castro. Mudejar aljarfe (14th. Century) in the Choir of the Church of San Roman de Castro. Polychrome wood with pictorial representations of storied scenes, human figures and animals, both fantastic and real Kufic motifs, pl...
- 2020-12-01
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Editorial Marble plaque with kufic scripture. 10th-11th centuries. Detail. Fatimid Period, Egypt. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.
- 2020-11-30
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Editorial Hisam's chest (975-1036). Nickel-plated and golden silver. Mandated to build by Al-Hakam II for his son Hisam II. From Cordoba. Decoration detail with vegetal and geometric motifs and kufic inscription. Girona Cathedral Museum. Catalonia, Spain.
- 2020-09-11
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Editorial Arabic calligraphy (top and center) and Kufic script (bottom). Entrance to the Monastery of Rumi Mevlana. The taliq inscription above the door was composed by calligrapher Mehmed Sadik. It reads: "This place is the Qa'aba of lovers; he who comes here l...
- 2020-09-11
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Editorial Oriental carpet, prayer rug. In the midfield a golden yellow mihrab with a brown-black grid pattern and flowers. At the top of the niche an amulet-like ornament. Five-fold border, the widest with a kufic pattern., Shirvan, 1830 - 1870, ketting en insla...
- 2020-01-15
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Editorial Fragment of samite with star patterns and Kufic script, Fragment of a silk fabric with black warp threads and white, black, red and yellow wefts that together form an edge ornament consisting of black-and-white outlined adjacent 16-angles on red ground...
- 2020-01-15
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Editorial Fragment of samite with star patterns and Kufic script, Fragment of a fabric of silk with black warp threads and with black, green and yellow weft threads forming a border ornament of black, placed next to each other on yellow ground on yellow ground o...
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript.
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Marble plaque with kufic scripture. 10th-11th centuries. Detail. Fatimid Period, Egypt. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.
- 2019-09-16
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Editorial Monastery Church of Hosios Loukas near Delphi. Walls made of Roman stone slabs from a temple, Byzantine bricks with Kufic script, carved lintels and capitals.
- 2019-07-16
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Editorial Qur'an in eastern kufic script. Qur'an. Iraq or Persia, 11th or 12th century. Qur'an in eastern kufic script. Image taken from a Qur'an . Originally published/produced Iraq or Persia, 11th or 12th century. . Source: Or. 6573, ff.210v-211. Language: A...
- 2019-07-16
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Editorial Silk fragment with confronted animal medallions and kufic bands, 1480-1649. Iran. Diasper, tabby weave; silk; overall: 39.6 x 45.4 cm (15 9/16 x 17 7/8 in.).
- 2019-04-01
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Editorial Lampas fragment with seated prince holding falcons in kufic medallions, 1654-1955. Probably Iran. Lampas weave, silk; overall: 63.5 x 47.6 cm (25 x 18 3/4 in.).
- 2019-04-01
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Editorial Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript.
- 2019-02-22
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Editorial Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript.
- 2019-02-22
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Editorial Textile with Lions' Heads, Foliate Ornament and Kufic Letter L.
- 2019-02-15
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Editorial Textile Fragment with Inscription.
- 2019-02-15
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Editorial Tiraz Textile Fragment.
- 2019-02-15
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Editorial Bifolium from the "Nurse's Qur'an" (Mushaf al-Hadina).
- 2019-02-15
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Editorial Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript.
- 2019-02-15
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Editorial fragment.
- 2019-02-15
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Editorial Textile with Kufic Inscription.
- 2019-02-11
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Editorial Square Tray with Recessed Medallion.
- 2019-02-11
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Editorial PITCHER.
- 2019-02-11
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Editorial Hisam's chest (975-1036). Nickel-plated and golden silver. Mandated to build by Al-Hakam II for his son Hisam II. From Cordoba. Decoration detail with vegetal and geometric motifs and kufic inscription. Girona Cathedral Museum. Catalonia, Spain.
- 2019-01-23
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Editorial Qur'an in eastern kufic script. Qur'an. Iraq or Persia, 11th or 12th century. Qur'an in eastern kufic script. Image taken from a Qur'an . Originally published/produced Iraq or Persia, 11th or 12th century. . Source: Or. 6573, ff.210v-211. Language: A...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Qur'an leaf in Kufic script. Date/Period: Late 9th century - early 10th century. Leaves (gathered matter components). Blue vellum, gold ink. Height: 222.25 mm (8.75 in); Width: 317.50 mm (12.50 in).
- 2018-10-11
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Editorial A folios from a Qur'an manuscript on parchment. A distinctive dark brown kufic script with diacritical strokes, vocalisation dots in red, green, blue and orange. The verse endings are indicated by triangular configurations of six gold circles. Date/Per...
- 2018-09-25
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Editorial Inkwell with the Name of Amir 'Abdullah ibn al-Hasan Pars, probably 11th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Bronze; cast, H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm), Metal, Floriated kufic' is a style of writing in which the angular letters of the kufic script are melde...
- 2018-08-21
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Editorial Textile with Lions' Heads, Foliate Ornament and Kufic Letter L.
- 2018-08-09
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Editorial Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript.
- 2018-08-09
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Editorial Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript.
- 2018-08-09
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Editorial Textile Fragment with Inscription.
- 2018-08-08
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Editorial Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript.
- 2018-08-06
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Editorial Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript.
- 2018-08-06
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Editorial Tiraz Textile Fragment.
- 2018-08-06
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Editorial Textile with Kufic Inscription.
- 2018-08-06
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Editorial Bifolium from the "Nurse's Qur'an" (Mushaf al-Hadina).
- 2018-08-06
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Editorial Square Tray with Recessed Medallion.
- 2018-08-06
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Editorial PITCHER.
- 2018-08-06
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Editorial fragment.
- 2018-08-06
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Editorial Bowl, dated A.H. 583/ A.D. 1187, Attributed to Iran, Stonepaste; polychrome inglaze and overglaze painted on opaque monochrome glaze (mina'i), H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm), Ceramics, Abu Zayd al-Kashani, This bowl and are the earliest dated pieces attributed ...
- 2018-08-06
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Editorial Folios from a Qur'an Manuscript, 10th century, Attributed to Iran, Ink and gold on parchment, 4 7/8 x 7in. (12.4 x 17.8cm), Codices, These two leaves from an early Qur'an are written in kufic script in dark brown ink, with vowel markings in red. The ch...
- 2018-08-06
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Editorial Three Bowls with Floriated Kufic Inscriptions, late 9th?early 10th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Earthenware; white slip with black slip decoration under transparent glaze, H. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm), Ceramics.
- 2018-08-03
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Editorial Textile Fragment with Inscription, ca. 934?40, Attributed to Egypt, Linen, silk; plain weave, tapestry weave, Textile: H. 21 1/4 in. (54 cm), Textiles-Woven, This textile fragment of uneven shape is decorated with tapestry-woven inscriptions and floral...
- 2018-08-03
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Editorial Tiraz Textile Fragment, dated A.H. 390/A.D. 999?1000, Attributed to Iraq, Linen; plain weave, embroidered in silk, Textile: L. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, This undyed linen textile fragment is embroidered in red silk with an Arabic insc...
- 2018-08-03
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Editorial Fragment, 9th?10th century, Attributed to Egypt, Fayum, Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave, H. 23 3/4 in. (60.3 cm), Textiles-Woven, This fragment (top) and (bottom), two ends of a shawl, are both decorated with two inscription bands?one a line o...
- 2018-08-03
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Editorial Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript, 9th?10th century, Attributed to Central Islamic Lands, Ink and gold on parchment, Page: H. 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm), Codices, The angular kufic script of this page is moderated by the roundness of many letters that resemble ...
- 2018-08-03
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Editorial Textile Fragment with Inscription, ca. 934?40, Attributed to Egypt, Linen, silk; plain weave, tapestry weave, Textile: H. 18 3/8 in. (46.7 cm), Textiles-Woven, This textile fragment of uneven shape is decorated with tapestry-woven inscriptions and flor...
- 2018-08-03
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Editorial Bifolium from a Qur'an Manuscript, 15th century, Made in India, probably Gujarat, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Double folio: , Codices, The double folio is from a Qur'an manuscript with three lines in black ink on each page and diagonally...
- 2018-08-03
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Editorial Turquoise Dish with Carved Arabic Inscription in Floriated Kufic Reading 'al-'izz' ('Glory'), 11th century, Attributed to Iran, Stonepaste; carved and glazed, H. 2 1/8 (5.4 cm), Ceramics.
- 2018-08-03
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Editorial Ewer Inscribed with 'al-'izz' ('Glory') in Floriated Kufic on its Neck, first half 13th century, Attributed to Syria, Raqqa, Stonepaste; painted in luster and blue on opaque white glaze under transparent glaze, H. 7 5/16 in. (18.6 cm) , Ceramics.
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Inkwell with the Name of Amir 'Abdullah ibn al-Hasan Pars, probably 11th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Bronze; cast, H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm), Metal, Floriated kufic' is a style of writing in which the angular letters of the kufic script are melde...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Folio from the 'Tashkent Qur'an', late 8th?early 9th century, Attributed to Syria, Yemen, or North Africa, Ink on parchment, Page H. 21 5/8 x 27 9/16 in. (55 x 70 cm), Codices, Magnificent in size, this folio comes from one of the oldest surviving Qur'...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Helmet, late 15th?16th century, possibly Istanbul, Turkey, possibly Istanbul, in the style of Turkman armor, Steel, iron, silver, copper alloy, H. including nasal 14 in. (35.6 cm); H. excluding nasal 12 in. (30.5 cm); W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); D. 10 1/8 ...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Textile, 10th?11th century, Attributed to Egypt, Linen, ink, gold; plain weave, block printed, painted, Textile: L. 6 1/2 (16.5 cm), Textiles-Painted and/or Printed, This dyed linen fragment is hand-blocked with a repeating inscription in kufic, ?Sover...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Tiraz Veil, A.H. 373/A.D. 983?84, Attributed to Egypt, Tinnis, Silk; plain weave, tapestry weave, Textile: L. 23 3/8 in. (59.4 cm), Textiles-Woven, Two opposed, embroidered bands of Arabic inscription in kufic script are the centerpiece of this silk ve...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Bowl, 10th century, Attributed to Iran or present-day Uzbekistan, Nishapur or Samarqand, Earthenware; white slip with incised black slip decoration under transparent glaze, Ceramics, The floriated kufic script used to decorate this bowl is especially w...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Hisam's chest (975-1036). Nickel-plated and golden silver. Mandated to build by Al-Hakam II for his son Hisam II. From Cordoba. Decoration detail with vegetal and geometric motifs and kufic inscription. Girona Cathedral Museum. Catalonia, Spain.
- 2018-07-31
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Editorial Spain. Aragon. La Puebla de Castro. Mudejar aljarfe (14th. Century) in the Choir of the Church of San Roman de Castro. Polychrome wood with pictorial representations of storied scenes, human figures and animals, both fantastic and real Kufic motifs, pl...
- 2018-07-30
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Editorial Marble plaque with kufic scripture. 10th-11th centuries. Detail. Fatimid Period, Egypt. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.
- 2018-07-23
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Editorial Coronation mantle of Norman King Roger II of Sicily, embroidery, silk and pearls, Royal workshop, Palermo, Italy. Tree of life in the center, lions killing camels on either side. Kufic inscription around the border, 1133-1134, Inv. XIII 14 See 30-01-02...
- 2018-06-27
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