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Painted Fragment of a "Tiraz"
This painted linen fragment is a "tiraz," an official honorific inscription on textile. Such inscriptions combine verses from the Qur'an and pious invocations to God. This fragment is unusual in that the inscription is painted. There is only a small group of such painted linens, probably created by a foreign craftsman in Egypt during the early 10th century. The text here contains the "basmala," the first verse of the Qur'an and the most fundamental praise to God: ". . . to him; victory from God and glory to him; blessing from God and glory to him; victory from God and glory. . . ."
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Maurice Nahman, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2013-2014 | Threshold to the Sacred: The Ark Door of Cairo’s Ben Ezra Synagogue . The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Yeshiva University Museum, New York. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 7/25/1974 | Examination | examined for technical study |
Geographies
Egypt
(Place of Origin)
Iran (Place of Discovery)
Measurements
H: 7 13/16 x W: 12 1/4 x D: 1/16 in. (19.8 x 31.1 x 0.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1927
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
83.566