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Tomb cover

Title	Tomb cover
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1800
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Islam Death
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	1063 a length: 145.5cm, 1063 a width: 68.2cm, 1063 b length: 63cm, 1063 b width: 63.2cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1063A-1900
Record ID	1063A-1900
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
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'. Further inscriptions make up the narrower bands.
Sample Text	The denser text within each V-shape of the zigzag quotes the Muslim declaration of faith: 'There is no God but God. Mohammed is the messenger of God'. In the narrower bands are alternating verses from the Qur'an: surat al-Baqara (2:144) and Al Imran (3:96). In the intercises the flask shaped cartouches have two of the ninety-nine names of God (sympathetic one, benefactor) with a third (possessor of glory and generosity) in the roundels.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving
Parçalar	Tomb Cover, Tomb Cover, Tomb Cover, Tomb Cover, Tomb Cover
Fiziksel açıklama	Woven silk, red ground with calligraphic decoration in white, forming a repeating zigzag pattern
Üslup	Ottoman

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Tomb cover

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Islam Death

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 1063 a length: 145.5cm, 1063 a width: 68.2cm, 1063 b length: 63cm, 1063 b width: 63.2cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1063A-1900

Record ID 1063A-1900

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

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'. Further inscriptions make up the narrower bands.

Sample Text The denser text within each V-shape of the zigzag quotes the Muslim declaration of faith: 'There is no God but God. Mohammed is the messenger of God'. In the narrower bands are alternating verses from the Qur'an: surat al-Baqara (2:144) and Al Imran (3:96). In the intercises the flask shaped cartouches have two of the ninety-nine names of God (sympathetic one, benefactor) with a third (possessor of glory and generosity) in the roundels.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving

Parçalar Tomb Cover, Tomb Cover, Tomb Cover, Tomb Cover, Tomb Cover

Fiziksel açıklama Woven silk, red ground with calligraphic decoration in white, forming a repeating zigzag pattern

Üslup Ottoman