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- 2024-09-09
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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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- 2023-06-16
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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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- 2023-06-15
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- 2023-06-15
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- 2023-06-14
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- 2023-06-14
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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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- 2023-06-07
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- 2023-06-07
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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 Vase, Emile Gall?, French, 1846 - 1904, Glass, enamel, gold, Tall cylindrical vase of greenish-brown transparent glass. Flat base, with swelling lower section, curved inward to semi-round collar of applied glass. Above collar rises elongated cylinder, ...
- 2022-12-24
- 1
Editorial Textile Fragment with Horses, 7th?9th century, Attributed to probably Iran, Wool, cotton; taquet?, Textile: H. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm), Textiles, This textile?s double pearl border and stylized horses with neck ribbons recall early Sasanian types. Althoug...
- 2022-12-24
- 1
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
- 1
Editorial Ushak Medallion Carpet on White Ground, first half 17th century, Attributed to Turkey, Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile, Rug: L. 306 in. (777.2 cm), Textiles-Rugs, Medallion Ushak carpets usually have a red or blue field decorated...
- 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
- 3
Editorial Qur'an leaf in Eastern Kufic script. Iran. Date: 1001-1100. Dimensions: 31.1 x 18.6 cm (12 1/4 x 7 15/16 in.). Ink, opaque watercolors and gold on paper. Origin: Iran.
- 2022-04-24
- 1
Editorial Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: silk, Funerary textile with a zigzag band of Kufic script in red and white., Near East, 18th century, woven textiles, Fragment.
- 2022-01-18
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Editorial Tomb cover, Medium: silk Technique: lampas, 4&1 satin patterned by plain weave, Zigzag bands with Kufic writing in green and white. Both selvages present., 18th century, woven textiles, Tomb cover.
- 2022-01-18
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Editorial Travel: Istanbul, Turkey
- 2021-08-04
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Editorial Ewer with Arabic proverb, "Devotion fortifies action".
- 2021-06-04
- 1
Editorial Mihrab (Prayer Niche).
- 2021-06-04
- 1
Editorial Pierced Bowl Signed by Hasan al-Qashani.
- 2021-06-04
- 1
Editorial Candlestick inscribed with Wishes for Good Fortune, Peace and Happiness to its Owner.
- 2021-06-04
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Editorial Square Tray with Recessed Medallion.
- 2021-06-04
- 1
Editorial Cup with a Poem on Wine.
- 2021-06-04
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Editorial Tiraz Textile Fragment.
- 2021-04-07
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Editorial SABER.
- 2021-04-07
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Editorial Bowl depicting a Man holding a Cup and a Flowering Branch.
- 2021-04-07
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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 Bowl with musicians.
- 2021-04-07
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Editorial fragment.
- 2021-04-07
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Editorial GLASS BOWL.
- 2021-04-07
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Editorial Glazed Tiles with Kufic Inscription.
- 2021-04-07
- 1
Editorial Goblet with Incised Designs.
- 2021-04-07
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Editorial Fragment of a garment with tapestry inscription, Medium: linen, silk Technique: plain weave with discontinuous wefts (slit tapestry), Band of Kufic inscription in dark brown silk on natural linen. Translation: (in the name of) Allah, the Merciful, the ...
- 2021-02-22
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Editorial Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: silk, Funerary textile with a zigzag band of Kufic script in red and white., Near East, 18th century, woven textiles, Fragment.
- 2021-02-22
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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: silk Technigue: compound weft 1&2 (Z) twill (samit), Double headed eagles with outspread wings grasping a lioness attacking a gazelle in each claw. Wings have Kufic inscriptions., Near East, 12th century, woven textiles, Fragment.
- 2021-02-22
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Editorial Fragment of a tomb cover, Medium: silk Technique : compound satin Label: silk compound satin, Fragment of woven silk with Zigzag bands of kufic script in cream and red on a yellow-green ground., Iran, 17th18th century, woven textiles, Fragment of a tom...
- 2021-02-22
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Editorial Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: two interconnected structures: 3\1 twill and plain weave (lampas) Label: silk lampas, Fragment of woven silk with horizontal bands of geometric pattern including various interlace patterns, eight-pointed stars, and kuf...
- 2021-02-22
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Editorial Textile, Cheney Brothers, (South Manchester, Connecticut, USA), Medium: silk Technique: compound satin weave, Reproduction textile inspired in a part by a Lucchese design in the Cooper Union Museum collection. A closely spaced, small-scale design has l...
- 2021-02-22
- 1
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 Textile, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: plain and twill weave, reversible, Wedge-shaped fragment of dark green with pattern in dark yellow-gold. Horizontal band at bottom in cream-color, light red and tan. Design has a small-scale pattern of ...
- 2021-02-22
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Editorial Fragment, Medium: silk, metallic threads Technique: two integrated fabric structures, 4&1 satin patterned by plain weave, Pairs of animals with pseudo-Kufic writing on their bodies and pairs of birds in gold and silver on rose., Italy, 14th15th century...
- 2021-02-22
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Editorial Tomb cover, Medium: silk Technique: lampas, 4&1 satin patterned by plain weave, Zigzag bands with Kufic writing in green and white. Both selvages present., 18th century, woven textiles, Tomb cover.
- 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 Fragment of funerary pall, Medium: silk Technique: woven, Fragment with zig-zag band of Kufic inscription., Near East, possibly 17th century, woven textiles, Fragment of funerary pall.
- 2021-02-22
- 1
Editorial Fragments, Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered, Four fragments with narrow bands of Kufic inscription and multicolored borders on top and bottom., 13th century, embroidery & stitching, Fragments.
- 2021-02-22
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Editorial Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: woven, Red and white bands of Kufic inscriptions and arabesques. Very abraded., Near East, 16th18th century, woven textiles, Fragment.
- 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 Fragment, Medium: cotton Technique: warp-faced plain weave with warp ikat patterning, painting and gilding, Fragment of a fabric patterned by a group of fine light blue, ivory and light brown stripes alternating with a group of slightly wider ikat stri...
- 2021-02-22
- 1
Editorial Fragment, Medium: cotton Technique: resist-printed on plain weave, Unbleached plain weave cotton resist-printed in red, now faded to brown. Series of vertical bands with pattern reserved in ground color. Furthest left, large Kufic letters; following, r...
- 2021-02-22
- 1
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 Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: two interconnected plain weave structures (lampas), Fragment of woven silk with alternating horizontal bands of red and blue, with narrower guard stripes between. The red bands contain patterns of eight-pointed stars a...
- 2021-02-22
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Editorial Fragment, Medium: linen Technique: printed on plain weave, Very fine, sheer linen plain weave fragment with print in black of outlines of characters in left-hand section of Kufic inscription. Below it, wider band of close-set square units formed of gro...
- 2021-02-22
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Editorial Fragment, Medium: silk, metallic Technique: float patterned plain weave, Fine lozenge outlines and Kufic script on banded fabric., Spain, 13th century, woven textiles, Fragment.
- 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 Vase, Emile Gall?, French, 1846 - 1904, Glass, enamel, gold, Tall cylindrical vase of greenish-brown transparent glass. Flat base, with swelling lower section, curved inward to semi-round collar of applied glass. Above collar rises elongated cylinder, ...
- 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 Cap fragment, Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered, Fragment of a quilted cap with a narrow band of Kufic inscription in red silk on linen., Egypt, 14th century, embroidery & stitching, Cap fragment.
- 2021-02-21
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Editorial 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, 750900, embroider...
- 2021-02-21
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Editorial Textile, Medium: silk, metallic yarns (beaten gold on vellum, wrapped around silk core) Technique: plain compound weave, A fragment from a set of vestments found at the Cathedral of Lerida. A central band of eight-pointed stars enclosing rampant lions,...
- 2021-02-21
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Editorial Textile, Medium: silk Technique: compound satin Label: silk compound satin, Fragment of woven silk with zigzag bands of Kufic script in white on a red ground. The inscriptions are translated as (top to bottom):, There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is t...
- 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
- 1
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 Ewer, Glazed and lustred earthenware, On flaring foot, a pyriform body, contracting to narrow neck with rim compressed to form spout. Loop handle. Greenish glaze with brown iridescent and turquoise filling areas between large Kufic letters., possibly K...
- 2021-02-21
- 1
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 Carpet with Pseudo-Kufic Inscriptions, Carpet, probably 17th century, Attributed to Turkey, Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile, H. 64 in. (162.56 cm), W. 41 in. (104.14 cm), Textiles-Rugs.
- 2021-02-19
- 2
Editorial SABER.
- 2021-02-19
- 2
Editorial Textile with Lions' Heads, Foliate Ornament and Kufic Letter L.
- 2020-12-04
- 1
Editorial Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript.
- 2020-12-04
- 1
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 Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript.
- 2020-12-02
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Editorial Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript.
- 2020-12-02
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Editorial Bifolium from the "Nurse's Qur'an" (Mushaf al-Hadina).
- 2020-12-02
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Editorial Textile Fragment with Horses, 7th?9th century, Attributed to probably Iran, Wool, cotton; taquet?, Textile: H. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm), Textiles, This textile?s double pearl border and stylized horses with neck ribbons recall early Sasanian types. Althoug...
- 2020-12-02
- 1
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
- 1
Editorial Mirror, 12th century, Made in probably Afghanistan, Bronze; cast, D. 3/16 in. (0.5 cm), Metal, This small mirror, despite its fragmentary, worn condition, has preserved its benedictory kufic inscription that surrounds a bird with open wings and haloed ...
- 2020-12-02
- 1
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 Quran. Kufic script. Archaeological Museum of Lahore. Pakistan.
- 2020-11-30
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Editorial Mosaic with arab and kufic caligraphy (top) on a wall of the Madrasa. Fes. Morocco.
- 2020-11-30
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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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