Fragmentary Ottoman Cenotaph Cover with Qur'anic Verses

17th-18th century (Ottoman)

72 cm 129 cm

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This cenotaph cover bears calligraphic Qur'anic verses and the shahada of Islam: "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet." It would have been used as a cover for a sanduka, a coffin-shaped stone indicating the burial place of an important person. The chevron (z...

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Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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