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Title	Tile
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1307
Publication Place	Kashan (made) -
Subject	Birds
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 36cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1485-1876
Record ID	1485-1876
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1307
Notes	This tile is from the tomb of Shaykh Abd al-Samad at Natanz in central Iran. It originally formed part of a frieze with a quotation from the Qur'an. The decoration includes nine small birds. Their presence was later seen as inappropriate, and their heads were chipped away to render them inanimate.
Sample Text	[Ù Ø°Ú©Ù]Ø±Ø§Ù Ø¥ÙÙØ§ Ø®ÙÙÙØ§ Ø§[ÙØ¥ÙØ³Ù] Transliteration [madhku]ran inna khalaqna a[l-insan] Translation ...mentioned? Indeed, We created man... (Qur'an 76:1-2)
Tarihsel bağlam	From the shrine of Shaykh 'Abd al-Samad at Natanz.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Fritware with opaque cobalt-blue glaze and lustre-painted decoration Fritware Glazing Lustre-Painted Lustre-Painted
Fiziksel açıklama	Fritware tile with cobalt and lustre decoration forming part of an inscription and originally including several birds, the heads of which were later defaced.
Üretim	From the shrine of Shaykh 'Abd al-Samad at Natanz; another tile from the same frieze in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (no. 12.44) is dated 707 in the Muslim calendar, equivalent to 1307-8.

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Tile

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1307

Publication Place Kashan (made) -

Subject Birds

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 36cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1485-1876

Record ID 1485-1876

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1307

Notes This tile is from the tomb of Shaykh Abd al-Samad at Natanz in central Iran. It originally formed part of a frieze with a quotation from the Qur'an. The decoration includes nine small birds. Their presence was later seen as inappropriate, and their heads were chipped away to render them inanimate.

Sample Text [Ù Ø°Ú©Ù]Ø±Ø§Ù Ø¥ÙÙØ§ Ø®ÙÙÙØ§ Ø§[ÙØ¥ÙØ³Ù] Transliteration [madhku]ran inna khalaqna a[l-insan] Translation ...mentioned? Indeed, We created man... (Qur'an 76:1-2)

Tarihsel bağlam From the shrine of Shaykh 'Abd al-Samad at Natanz.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Fritware with opaque cobalt-blue glaze and lustre-painted decoration Fritware Glazing Lustre-Painted Lustre-Painted

Fiziksel açıklama Fritware tile with cobalt and lustre decoration forming part of an inscription and originally including several birds, the heads of which were later defaced.

Üretim From the shrine of Shaykh 'Abd al-Samad at Natanz; another tile from the same frieze in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (no. 12.44) is dated 707 in the Muslim calendar, equivalent to 1307-8.