Textile fragment with pseudo kufic inscription and birds
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with pseudo kufic inscription and birds
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with red and blue silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
10.5 x 9 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 26 / 25 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.01 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 cm (thread diameter) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1993.86
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Catalogue text
A band contains a kufic script with borders of small triangles and a bird motif on one side of it. The inscription may read 'baraka', blessing.
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. 47 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 47
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