Fragment of a Tiraz
This fragment of a garment was woven in an official factory and decorated with an Arabic inscription. Such honorific inscriptions on textiles are called "tiraz" in Arabic, and "taraziden" in Persian. They combine pious invocations to God, verses from the Qur'an, and sometimes...
Images (2)
Artifact
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id
29258
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Maurice Nahman, Cairo and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
2
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
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| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_83.543_Fnt_DD_T12.jpg |
| imageCount | 2 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.543 |
Terms
Medium
linen, silk embroidery