Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1035
Publication Place
Egypt (made) -
Subject
Islam Africa
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Max width: 20cm, Length: 48cm, Height of bands height: 5.5cm, Band with decoration height: 2.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
1381-1888
Record ID
1381-1888
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1035
Notes
Tiraz of woven linen and silk with Arabic inscription.
Sample Text
Bismallah al-rahman al-rahim la ilaha illa Allah salla [Allah] 'a[layhima] / . . . al-Munstansir bi-llah amir al-muminim salawat Allah 'alayh wa 'ala aba'ih [al-akari]m al-tahirin wa abna'ih al-muntasirin Translation "In the name of God the compassionate the Merciful. There is no God but God, Muhammad is the Prophet of God, 'Ali is the vicar of God, prayer .../al-Munstansir billah, Commander of the Faithful, blessing of God be on him and on his [noble] and pure ancestors and his victorious descendants." Note What follows al-Mustansir's name is a well-known Fatimid formula, which is found on several monuments also.
İlişki
Greville Chester
Malzemeler ve teknikler
woven silk and linen Linen Silk Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama
Technical analysis: linen and silk woven tiraz. Ground: plain or tabby weave ground in undyed linen. Warp: S-twist, 30-1 per cm. Weft: S-twist, 30-1 per cm. Bands: two tapestry-woven bands , one with inscriptions, one in mirror image of the other and decorative area in between. Slit and dovetailed tapestry over single and paired warps. Weft of undyed linen for the letters and other details and of silk with no noticeable twist in the dark and light blue, red faded, yellow faded abd black faded. Twenty-one weft shoots per cm; 60 ribs per cm. This is a fragment of fine linen, with bands of tapestry, woven in coloured silks and linen thread on the warp threads of linen.
Üretim
Al-Mustansir, Fatimid Egypt
Üslup
Fatimid
