Publication Date
474/ 1081-1082
Publication Place
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Regional Museum Agostino Piepoli
Subject
Rekham against Naqsh Barez.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 43 سم؛ العرض: 35 سم؛ السماكة: 3.8 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
127 / 427
Record ID
object;ISL;it;Mus01_B;36;ar
Library Location
Regional Museum Agostino Piepoli
Date
474/ 1081-1082
Notes
A marble slab, rectangular in shape, cut at the bottom, decorated with a relief rectangular frame, above which is a (blown) arch resembling a horseshoe. Between the frame and the arch there are symmetrical drawings of a plant with three buds, resembling an almond, surrounded by small plant leaves that resemble the image of a heart and form overlapping circles. As for the calligraphy, it is inside the aforementioned frame and is of the traditional type that brings together the lames of the Holy Word of God, and makes them in the form of a plant leaf and drawings of palm trees. The leaves wrapped around their trunks resemble the drawings of the tombstones of the city of Kairouan in the eleventh century. As for the phrases written in cursive script, they are the Almighty’s saying: “In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful” (Every soul will taste death. And you will only be fully rewarded on the Day of Resurrection - whoever is removed from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has certainly achieved success, and the life of this world is nothing but the enjoyment of vanity (3 / Al Imran / 185). This is the body of Abdul Karim bin Suleiman Al-Zahid, may God have mercy on him. He died on Saturday the eleventh [...] of the year four hundred and seventy-four.
Sample Text
Paolo Barresi “Rectangular slab, bearing a funerary inscription in Arabic in Kufic script” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;it;Mus01_B;36;ar
