id: 142304 accession number: 1966.135 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.135 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:15.379000 Fragment of Inscription Band, before 1966. Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Compound tabby on tabby ground; silk; overall: 74.2 x 37.1 cm (29 3/16 x 14 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Abegg 1966.135 title: Fragment of Inscription Band title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: before 1966 creation date earliest: 945 creation date latest: 1966 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Abegg copyright: --- culture: Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055) technique: compound tabby on tabby ground; silk department: Textiles collection: T - Islamic type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 74.2 x 37.1 cm (29 3/16 x 14 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: two parallel inscription bands (1966.135 and 1982.299) with Kufic lettering in dark brown on a lighter brown ground run the warp direction of the cream colored textile with the lettering oriented at right angles to the warp: ". . . sallá Allah 'a[layhi wa-alihi] nabi(an in superscript) wa-bi-al-Qur'an kitab(an in superscript) wa-bi-al-Ka'bah [qiblat(an in superscript)] wa-bi-al-a' immah al-ithná 'ashar 'alayhim al-salam i[mam(an in superscript)] translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1967 opening date: 1967-11-29T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Werner [1903–1984] and Margaret Harrington Daniels Abegg [1901–1999], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1966 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1966- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS “Annual Report for 1966.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 54, no. 6, 1967, pp. 159–197. page number: Mentioned: pp. 177-178 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152162 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.135/1966.135_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.135/1966.135_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.135/1966.135_full.tif