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"citation": "Miner, Dorothy Eugenia. Early Christian and Byzantine Art, An Exhibition Held at the Baltimore Museum of Art, April 25-June 22 [1947]. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1947.",
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"citation": "von Wilckens, Leonia. \"Fatimidische Gewebe mit gewirktem dekor im Verglei mit spanischen und sizilischen.\" In Sali\u0304m, Muh\u0323ammad \u02bbAbba\u0304s Muh\u0323ammad. Islamische Textilkunst des Mittelalters: Aktuelle Probleme. Riggisberg [Switzerland]: Abegg-Stiftung, 1997.",
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"citation": "Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.",
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