CultureTurkish
Titles
- Textile with Qur'anic Inscriptions
DateLate 17th–18th century
MediumSilk; lampas weave, satin foundation with patterning wefts in plain weave binding
Dimensions27 1/2 × 26 1/2 in. (69.9 × 67.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Cathy and Vahid Kooros in honor of Peter C. Marzio
Object number2007.1307
Non exposé
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Department
Art of the Islamic WorldsObject Type
“There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.”
The smaller inscriptions praise God and cite the Qur’anic verse that
established Mecca as the direction for Muslim prayer (2:144).
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