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Donning The Cloak: Safavid Figural Silks And The Display Of Identity, Nazanin Hedayat Munroe
Donning The Cloak: Safavid Figural Silks And The Display Of Identity, Nazanin Hedayat Munroe
Publications and Research
Introduction
In a red world bathed in shimmering gold light, a man sits with his head in his hand as wild beasts encircle him. He is emaciated, has unkempt hair, and wears only a waistcloth—but he has a dreamy smile on his face. Nearby, a camel bears a palanquin carrying a stately woman, her head tipped to one side, arm outstretched from the window of her traveling abode toward her lover. Beneath her, the signature “Work of Ghiyath” is woven in Kufic script inside an eightpointed star on the palanquin (Fig. 1).
This depiction of the literary characters Layla and …
Callis, Susan (Fa 293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Callis, Susan (Fa 293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 293. Paper: "An Index to Quilt Patterns in Western Kentucky University Archives" written by Susan Callis for a Western Kentucky University English class.
Mamluk Carpets ( Cairene And Ottoman), Hala Mohamed Sayed
Mamluk Carpets ( Cairene And Ottoman), Hala Mohamed Sayed
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