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The Veil of Saint Anne
03/1936 | 396 | 68
Pages: 140+144-145+147
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Author:
Elsberg, H. A. (Elsberg, H. A.)
Author:
Guest, Rhuvon (Guest, Rhuvon; Guest, R.)
Subjects
buildings:
Saint Anne Cathedral, Apt, France
dates:
1000-1099
places:
France / Egypt
places:
Iraq / Dumyāt
subjects:
Textiles / Islamic / Egyptian
subjects:
Anne, Saint / Hagiographies
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. A-The Veil of St. Anne (Folded Twice to Reduce the Width). Islamic. Eleventh-Century. Fine Linen Gauze; 1.50 by 3.10 m. (Cathedral of Apt, Vaucluse, France); B-The Uppermost Roundel in Its Present Condition; C-The Same Roundel As It Appears in a Copy at the Cathedral. The Veil of Saint Anne
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Plate II. A, B-The Middle and Lowest Roundels in Their Present Condition. Two Early Figured Silks ("Clavi"), from Egypt. A-Woven without the Use of a Scale-Harness; B-Woven with the Use of a Scale-Harness. (Victoria and Albert Museum). Shorter Notices: The Veil of Saint Anne
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Another Silk Fabric Woven at Baghdad
06/1934 | 375 | 64
Pages: 270-272
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Author:
Elsberg, H. A. (Elsberg, H. A.)
Author:
Guest, Rhuvon (Guest, Rhuvon; Guest, R.)
Subjects
dates:
1000-1099
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States
places:
Persia / Iran / Baghdad
places:
Iraq
places:
Mesopotamia (historical region)
subjects:
Textiles / Silk stuffs / Persian
subjects:
Spanish / Influence
subjects:
Mesopotamian
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Silk Fabric Woven at Baghdad. Eleventh Century. A-43 by 50.8 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) B-9.5 by 17 cm. (Mr. Elsberg). Another Silk Fabric Woven at Baghdad
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A Minai Bowl of the Late Tenth Century
12/1933 | 369 | 63
Pages: 291
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Author:
Guest, Rhuvon (Guest, Rhuvon; Guest, R.)
Subjects
dates:
0900-0999
places:
Iran / Iraq / Mesopotamia (historical region) / Persia
subjects:
Minai (Seljuk pottery style) / Ceramics / Pottery / Mesopotamian / Persian
Article
The Earliest Dated Islamic Textiles
04/1932 | 349 | 60
Pages: 185-187+191
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Author:
Guest, Rhuvon (Guest, Rhuvon; Guest, R.)
Author:
Kendrick, A. F. (Kendrick, A. F.; K., A. F.; K., A.; Kendrick, Albert Frank)
Subjects
dates:
0900-0999 / 1000-1099
dates:
0800-0899
dates:
0700-0799
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, Great Britain
places:
Persia / Mesopotamia (historical region)
places:
Baghdad
places:
Tunisia / Mesopotamia (historical region)
subjects:
Islamic / Textiles / Dating
subjects:
Silk stuffs / Muslim / Iconography
subjects:
Royalty / Patronage / Abbasid
subjects:
Tunisian / Mesopotamian
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
A-Silk Textile from Saint Josse sur Mer; Khurâsân, E. Persia, tenth century (Louvre). B-Silk Fabric; North Africa, eighth century (Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester). C-Border of B (Victoria and Albert Museum). D-Silk tunic; probably woven at Baghdad. Tenth-Eleventh century (Textile Museum, Columbia, U. S. A.). The Earliest Dated Islamic Textiles
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A Dated Rayy Bowl
03/1931 | 336 | 58
Pages: 134-135+139
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Author:
Guest, Rhuvon (Guest, Rhuvon; Guest, R.)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1249
places:
Persia / Iran
places:
Rhages
subjects:
Persian / Ceramics / Pottery / Rayy (Iranian Islamic pottery styles)
subjects:
Mongol (Iranian style) / Islamic
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Bowl, Found at Rayy, Dated A. H. 640 (1243); Painted in Colours and Gold over Turquoise Enamel (Victoria and Albert Museum). A Dated Rayy Bowl
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A Silk Fabric Woven at Baghdad
12/1926 | 285 | 49
Pages: 261-262+266-267
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Author:
Guest, Rhuvon (Guest, Rhuvon; Guest, R.)
Author:
Kendrick, A. F. (Kendrick, A. F.; K., A. F.; K., A.; Kendrick, Albert Frank)
Subjects
dates:
0900-0999
places:
Iraq / Baghdad
subjects:
Textiles / Islamic / Silks / Cloth
subjects:
Silk stuffs
subjects:
Animals / Elephants / Iconography
subjects:
Kufic / Inscriptions
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Silk Fabric, Mediæval, with Inscription Showing It to Have Been Woven in Baghdad. 26 cm. by 25 cm. (Colegiata de San Isodoro, Léon). A Silk Fabric Woven at Baghdad