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Tomb cover

Title	Tomb cover
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1650
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Islam Death Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 78.5cm, Width: 73.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.16-1964
Record ID	T.16-1964
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1650
Notes	This silk textile has a design that was traditionally used for tomb covers. The religious inscriptions are worked in white and arranged in a zigzag pattern on a red ground. The denser text within each V-shape of the zigzag quotes the Muslim creed, or statement of belief. This states, 'There is no god but God. Muhammad is the messenger of God'. A looser pattern is made up of the word Allah ('God') placed above the name Muhammad. This is repeated at each angle of the zigzag.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama	Tomb cover of woven silk. Red ground with calligraphic decoration in white, forming a repeating zig zag pattern, and the textile is edged with a green fabric border.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Tomb cover

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1650

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Islam Death Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 78.5cm, Width: 73.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.16-1964

Record ID T.16-1964

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1650

Notes This silk textile has a design that was traditionally used for tomb covers. The religious inscriptions are worked in white and arranged in a zigzag pattern on a red ground. The denser text within each V-shape of the zigzag quotes the Muslim creed, or statement of belief. This states, 'There is no god but God. Muhammad is the messenger of God'. A looser pattern is made up of the word Allah ('God') placed above the name Muhammad. This is repeated at each angle of the zigzag.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving

Fiziksel açıklama Tomb cover of woven silk. Red ground with calligraphic decoration in white, forming a repeating zig zag pattern, and the textile is edged with a green fabric border.

Üslup Ottoman