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149059
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Tiraz of Caliph ‘Abd al-Rahman III, from the reliquary of Santa Librada, Cathedral of Seqüenza
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149059
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object
title
Tiraz of Caliph ‘Abd al-Rahman III, from the reliquary of Santa Librada, Cathedral of Seqüenza
date
941–42
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79929849
genreSpecific
Embroidery
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 18.2 x 117.1 cm (7 3/16 x 46 1/8 in.)
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Spain, Cordoba, Spanish Umayyad period (756–1031)
accession
1977.188
Source extras
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Linen; silk: embroidery
tombstone
Tiraz of Caliph ‘Abd al-Rahman III, from the reliquary of Santa Librada, Cathedral of Seqüenza, 941–42. Spain, Cordoba, Spanish Umayyad period (756–1031). Linen; silk: embroidery; overall: 18.2 x 117.1 cm (7 3/16 x 46 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1977.188
collection
T - Islamic
inscriptions
inscription
only the traces of a very large-scale elaborately foliated Kufic inscription preserved, largely in the form of needle holes but with a few small areas where the stitches are intact. This is approximately the second half of the original full inscription, which measured well over two meters long; the bulk of the original textile with the first half of the inscription was formerly preserved in the Cathedral of Siquenza. As preserved on the two fragments, the full inscription reads: "[Commander of the Be]lievers al-Masir li-Din al-Muslimin, may God support him! That which was made through the agency of Durri, his servant, in the year thirty and three hundred."
citations
citation
Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
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Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 172-173, fig. 5.3 and fig. 5.4
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Anonymous Gift
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2026-05-29 07:39:40.755000
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149059
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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Linen; silk: embroidery
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