COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1966.368
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CMA_.1966.368
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
2002
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2002
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Textiles
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Textiles
Object Type
false
Creator Nationality:
European; Iberian; Spanish
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European; Iberian; Spanish
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Spain, Almeria ?, Nasrid period, mid-13th century (Islamic)
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Spain, Almeria ?, Nasrid period, mid-13th century (Islamic)
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Fragment from a Large Hanging
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Fragment from a Large Hanging
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
false
View:
Back
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Back
View
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Creation Date:
1200s
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1200s
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1200
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1200
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1299
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1299
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
weft-faced plain weave with tapestry decoration; silk and gold thread
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weft-faced plain weave with tapestry decoration; silk and gold thread
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Tapestries
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Tapestries
Classification Term
false
Dimensions:
Overall: 21.2cm x 58.5cm
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Overall: 21.2cm x 58.5cm
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1966.368
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1966.368
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Credit Line
false
Inscriptions:
Arabic inscription bordering the roundels translates: "There is no god but God."
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Arabic inscription bordering the roundels translates: "There is no god but God."
Inscriptions
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
false
Provenance:
reportedly from tomb of Don Arnaldo de Gurb, Bishop of Barcelona (d. 1284). Montaner-Capmany, Barcelona; (Arturo Ramon Garriga, Barcelona).
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reportedly from tomb of Don Arnaldo de Gurb, Bishop of Barcelona (d. 1284). Montaner-Capmany, Barcelona; (Arturo Ramon Garriga, Barcelona).
Provenance
false
Context:
This rare silk fragment and several others were reportedly found in the tomb of Bishop Gurb (died 1284) in the Cathedral of Barcelona in about 1890. Thrown into the street as "rubbish," they were retrieved and preserved. The original luxurious hanging of brightly colored silk and shiny gold thread displayed rows of figural roundels on a plain ground with elaborate borders across the top and bottom. The two turbaned men holding flasks flanking a palmette tree and the turbaned rider with a flying scarf were derived from the ancient Near Eastern imperial themes of the banquet and hunt. The Arabic inscription framing each roundel proclaims, "There is no god but Allah."
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<P>This rare silk fragment and several others were reportedly found in the tomb of Bishop Gurb (died 1284) in the Cathedral of Barcelona in about 1890. Thrown into the street as "rubbish," they were retrieved and preserved. The original luxurious hanging of brightly colored silk and shiny gold thread displayed rows of figural roundels on a plain ground with elaborate borders across the top and bottom. The two turbaned men holding flasks flanking a palmette tree and the turbaned rider with a flying scarf were derived from the ancient Near Eastern imperial themes of the banquet and hunt. The Arabic inscription framing each roundel proclaims, "There is no god but Allah." </p>
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.AM20020629.tif
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CMA_.AM20020629.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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