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Source Description
A striped silk textile, probably made for use in the Islamic Alhambra palatine complex, was turned into a mantle for a statue of the Virgin Mary. On the crimson stripes the salutation that occurs as ornamental text throughout the Alhambra, <em>Glory to our Lord the Sultan</em>, repeats in Arabic script.
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Document identity
localId
111496
label
Mantle for a statue of the Virgin
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object
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Source metadata
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111496
contentType
object
title
Mantle for a statue of the Virgin
description
A striped silk textile, probably made for use in the Islamic Alhambra palatine complex, was turned into a mantle for a statue of the Virgin Mary. On the crimson stripes the salutation that occurs as ornamental text throughout the Alhambra, <em>Glory to our Lord the Sultan</em>, repeats in Arabic script.
date
late 1400s–1500s
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80003716
genreSpecific
Textile
imageCount
1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Average: 104.2 x 215.9 cm (41 x 85 in.)
cul
Spain, Granada
accession
1929.975
Source extras
tec
Silk: lampas weave
tombstone
Mantle for a statue of the Virgin, late 1400s–1500s. Spain, Granada. Silk: lampas weave; average: 104.2 x 215.9 cm (41 x 85 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1929.975
collection
T - Islamic
inscriptions
inscription
on red ground is Naskhi inscription "Glory to our Lord, the Sultan" in white.
citations
citation
G. U. (Gertrude Underhill) "A Hispano-Moresque Mantle of the Fifteenth Century." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 17, no. 4 (1930).
page_number
p. 73-75
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25137293
citation
Martin Nagy, Rebecca. <em>Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985.
page_number
p. 34-5, 58
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.
page_number
Reproduced: P. 205, fig. 5.38; Mentioned: P. 204-205.
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
updatedAt
2026-06-18 11:45:47.290000
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111496
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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Silk: lampas weave
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