Embroidery: tiraz, Medium: silk on linen Technique: satin and chain embbroidery stitches on plain weave, Ivory linen plain cloth ground (probably originally white) with inch high Arabic characters, embroidered with untwisted red silk in satin and chain stitch and reading 'Patient, Benevolent', part of a sentence which repeats attributes of the Deity as in the Koran. Left selvage present., 10th–11th century, embroidery & stitching, Embroidery: tiraz

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