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Textile fragment with kufic inscription
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 11th century (1001 - 1100)
- Material and technique
- linen, decorated with black ink
- Dimensions
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23.5 x 8 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 24 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
0.03 cm min. (thread diameter)
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woven › plain woven,assembled › woven › plain woven,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1988.15
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Further reading
Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, cat. vol. iii, illus. vol. i
Glossary
kufic
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kufic
A term denoting various styles of angular Arabic script. Emerged in the early centuries of Islam, kufic soon became the preferred hand to copy holy texts.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
The fragment has two lines of drawn kufic inscriptions running in opposite directions, reading "al-'izz li-sah[hibihi]" (glory to its owner). The design is primarily on the surface and does not saturate the reverse.
The original accession card dates the fragment to the 11th century.
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