MAKE A MEME View Large Image Tiraz - Kufic.jpg en A band of inscriptions usually on textiles is called the tiraz This cloth inscription is embroidered in split stitch with yellow silk on the red ground Before being sown the inscription was dotted with ink on the fabric ...
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Keywords: Tiraz - Kufic.jpg en A band of inscriptions usually on textiles is called the tiraz This cloth inscription is embroidered in split stitch with yellow silk on the red ground Before being sown the inscription was dotted with ink on the fabric Florence Day dates this tiraz inscription to the time of the Umayyad caliph Marwan I i e Marwan ibn al-Hakam 64-65 AH / 684-85 CE This dating makes it the earliest known Islamic textile Location The Whitworth Art Gallery Manchester http //www islamic-awareness org/History/Islam/Inscriptions/tiraz html Tiraz factory of Ifriqiyah Tunisia 64-65 AH / 683-85 CE PD-old-100 Umayyad art Art from Tunisia Tiraz Islamic silk 7th-century textiles Arabic calligraphy styles
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