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| Keywords: Islamic - Painted Fragment of a "Tiraz" - Walters 83566 - Back.jpg This painted linen fragment is a tiraz an official honorific inscription on textile Such inscriptions combine verses from the Qur'an and pious invocations to God This fragment is unusual in that the inscription is painted There is only a small group of such painted linens probably created by a foreign craftsman in Egypt during the early 10th century The text here contains the basmala the first verse of the Qur'an and the most fundamental praise to God to him; victory from God and glory to him; blessing from God and glory to him; victory from God and glory early Other date century 10 Medieval paint linen cm 19 8 31 1 0 1 accession number 83 566 16136 Maurice Nahman Cairo date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore 1927 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1927 Inscription to him; victory from God and glory to him; blessing from God and glory to him; victory from God and glory place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Islamic art in the Walters Art Museum Textiles in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Tiraz Painted textiles Islamic Egyptian textiles Ancient Egyptian linen | ||||
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