Cross-shaped tile with Quranic texts and scrolls
Also known as: Tile in the shape of a cross with phrases from the Quran and scrolls
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1262 - c. 1263
Cross tile of earthenware (quartz-fritware), painted over the tin glaze with a brown lustre decoration with reserved scrolls. Along the edge, Quranic texts: Surah 1 and Surah 65:3, together with an as yet undeciphered text. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-11750-A; its record gives material recorded as glaze, earthenware, luster (textile), quartz; technique vitrification, paint, fired, formed; measurements thickness 1.5 cm x diameter 30.5 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- glaze, earthenware, luster (textile), quartz
- Technique
- vitrification, paint, fired, formed
- Measurements
- thickness 1.5 cm x diameter 30.5 cm
- Dimensions museum
- thickness 1.5 cm x diameter 30.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Kruisvormige tegel met koranteksten en ranken
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-11750-A
- Museum classification
- kruistegel
Catalogue references
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