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Textile fragment with tiraz band

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    • currently in research collection

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  • The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis

    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries

    A tiraz fragment with crude red stitching, reading "Bismillah al-rahman al-rahim" (in the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful), which is repeated four and a half times.

    The original accession card dates the textile to the 10th/11th century, with origin in Egypt.

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