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Shroud

Title	Shroud
Author	Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date:	1823
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Islam Death
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 82.5cm, Width: 80cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	282A-1884
Record ID	282A-1884
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1823
Notes	painted cotton, 1823c, Persian; Inscription
Sample Text	NoteThere is a paper label stuck on the back at a corner: 'No. 16' in black ink., Around the square runs the Ayat al-Kursi (Qur'an II, 257, 258). The square is divided by red lines into a grid of small sqaures [101 x 101], each of which contains a word from the Ayat al-Kursi. The composition is such that from the centre outwards in every direction the Ayat al-Kursi can be read.NoteWritten in ink.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	cotton yarn, weaving, sewing, painting.
Fiziksel açıklama	Very fine plain weave cotton made up from two pieces joined diagonally, decorated with painted inscriptions. Around three edges is one band of Koranic inscriptions written in black within fine red and black lines and around the fourth edge are two lines of inscription. The ground is divided by red lines into a grid of small squares, each approx. 0.5 cm square. There are 10201 squares [101 x 101] and each contains a word. The same word is repeated across the squares of that row and, consequently, along the diagonal.

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Shroud

Author Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)

Publication Date 1823

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Islam Death

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 82.5cm, Width: 80cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 282A-1884

Record ID 282A-1884

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1823

Notes painted cotton, 1823c, Persian; Inscription

Sample Text NoteThere is a paper label stuck on the back at a corner: 'No. 16' in black ink., Around the square runs the Ayat al-Kursi (Qur'an II, 257, 258). The square is divided by red lines into a grid of small sqaures [101 x 101], each of which contains a word from the Ayat al-Kursi. The composition is such that from the centre outwards in every direction the Ayat al-Kursi can be read.NoteWritten in ink.

Malzemeler ve teknikler cotton yarn, weaving, sewing, painting.

Fiziksel açıklama Very fine plain weave cotton made up from two pieces joined diagonally, decorated with painted inscriptions. Around three edges is one band of Koranic inscriptions written in black within fine red and black lines and around the fourth edge are two lines of inscription. The ground is divided by red lines into a grid of small squares, each approx. 0.5 cm square. There are 10201 squares [101 x 101] and each contains a word. The same word is repeated across the squares of that row and, consequently, along the diagonal.