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Textile fragment with tabs, roundels, and inscription

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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

    Two tabs defined by a double outline, each containing a roundel. The right one has an inscription and interlacing tendrils, the left one may have contained a crescent blazon. There are remains of tracing lines.

    The inscription reads 'al-sultan' in abbreviation. The three-tier form of the roundel has been called a 'fesse' by Balog (1964), the three-fielded shield used as the blazon of the Mamluk courier. Allan (1970: 100) and Meinecke (1972: 236) discuss the three-tier field in a wider historical context. The stem stitch is worked irregularly.

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