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"title": "Year in Review for 1986",
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"title": "Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries",
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"description": "This unusually large fragment is part of a rare group of silks characterized by an unusal weave structure. The group is most important, however, because the Kufic inscriptions (here \"mulk,\" or \"Dominion,\" an abbreviation of \"al-mulk lillah,\" meaning \"Dominion belongs to God\") demonstrates their Islamic origin. The Byzantine motifs found in some of them (for example, a second fragment in the museum collection), however, lead scholars to believe they may have been woven in Antioch, the scene of much fighting between Muslims and the Crusaders. These fragments become, therefore, fascinating evidence of two traditions occurring in one area.",
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"citation": "Wilckens, Leonie von. Die textilen Ku\u0308nste: von der Spa\u0308tantike bis um 1500. Mu\u0308nchen: C.H. Beck, 1991.",
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"citation": "Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland, OH; New Haven, CT: The Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.",
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