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Title	Tile
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1250
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Tiles Ceramics
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 58cm, Width: 51cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	C.1976-1910
Record ID	C.1976-1910
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1250
Notes	This unusually large and complex tile from an architectural frieze has three bands of inscriptions in two different styles. The middle band is upside down, and the words in this inscription and the one below have been deliberately spaced so that the bold vertical letters coincide and can be joined by symmetrical knots
Sample Text	Note The inscription of the upper border of the tile is Quran, surah LXXVI, the end of the 3rd verse and beginning of the 4th verse. This verse follows on from the inscription on the tile in the MusÃ©e des Arts DÃ©coratifs in Paris (UCAD 7642). The main inscription on the V&A tile is Quran, surah II, verse 255 running along the lower part of the tile; and verse 257 upside down along the top of the tile. This information was provided by Delphine Miroudot of the Islamic Arts Dept at the Louvre.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Moulded fritware with colour in and lustre over the glaze Firing Glazing
Fiziksel açıklama	Large ceramic tile with bidirectional calligraphy and lustre. The lustred background of the tile is deeply patterned with small dots, over which is an intertwined foliate design in light blue. The script, in cobalt blue over the background is interlaced in the centre of the panel and is described at both top and bottom of the tile. There is further calligraphy placed horizontally at the top of the tile, also in cobalt blue.

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Tile

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1250

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Tiles Ceramics

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 58cm, Width: 51cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID C.1976-1910

Record ID C.1976-1910

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1250

Notes This unusually large and complex tile from an architectural frieze has three bands of inscriptions in two different styles. The middle band is upside down, and the words in this inscription and the one below have been deliberately spaced so that the bold vertical letters coincide and can be joined by symmetrical knots

Sample Text Note The inscription of the upper border of the tile is Quran, surah LXXVI, the end of the 3rd verse and beginning of the 4th verse. This verse follows on from the inscription on the tile in the MusÃ©e des Arts DÃ©coratifs in Paris (UCAD 7642). The main inscription on the V&A tile is Quran, surah II, verse 255 running along the lower part of the tile; and verse 257 upside down along the top of the tile. This information was provided by Delphine Miroudot of the Islamic Arts Dept at the Louvre.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Moulded fritware with colour in and lustre over the glaze Firing Glazing

Fiziksel açıklama Large ceramic tile with bidirectional calligraphy and lustre. The lustred background of the tile is deeply patterned with small dots, over which is an intertwined foliate design in light blue. The script, in cobalt blue over the background is interlaced in the centre of the panel and is described at both top and bottom of the tile. There is further calligraphy placed horizontally at the top of the tile, also in cobalt blue.