Textile fragment with pseudo kufic inscription

Textile fragment with pseudo kufic inscription (EA1993.59, front )

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Details

Title

Textile fragment with pseudo kufic inscription
Associated place

Egypt (find spot)

Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

Near East (place of creation)
Date

10th - 15th century AD
Material and technique

linen, embroidered with red silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

18.6 x 11 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 17 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.08 cm (thread diameter)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
Museum location

not on display
Museum department

Eastern Art
Accession no.

EA1993.59

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Catalogue text

A band of kufic script is enclosed by borders with a repeated geometric floral design.

The calligraphy is pseudo Kufic, a corrupted 'al-mulk' without meaning.

In: Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum

Glossary of terms

kufic

Further reading

Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, p. 20 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 20

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