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Banner with font application

Banner with appliqués, script appliqués in white, left, right and in the centre in squares: characters like a tughra (caligraphy of a sultan) (?); the text is the first part of the first verse of a poem by Ali bin Salwa Al-Qusari (9th century AD) reads "lisan al-hawa min mulati laka" and could be translated as: "The tongue of desire in my eyes is speaking to you - telling that I am in love with you" (translation by Isalm Dayeh, 4 August 2018)

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Data Provider
Nordfriesland Museum. Nissenhaus

Cataloguing data

Dimensions
Gesamt: Höhe: 42,5 cm; Breite: 182 cm
Material/Technique
Linen, Cotton, Plant fibre
Labeling
Was: arabische Schriftzeichen: "lisan al-hawa min mulati laka" "The tongue of desire in my eyes is speaking to you - telling that I am in love with you"
Object genre
Textiles
Objects in connection with rites, cults and beliefs
Current location
Nordfriesland Museum. Nissenhaus Husum
Inventory number
Äg 69 Etikett: S Schwabe 950=6740

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    19th century
    where
    Egypt

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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