Chasuble Fragment 14th century This fragment is likely from a lavish textile either a chasuble or a reliquary cloth used in the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in Chur, Switzerland where its sister fragment is preserved in the Cathedrals treasury. It is a highly luxurious fabric woven with fine silk and silver-gild metallic thread. Calligraphic golden bands with scrolling vine-leaves in the back - some of which end in animal heads - are woven against a purple-blue satin ground. They alternate with bands decorated by quatrefoil medallions in crimson red surrounded by fantastic beasts, such as dragons and griffins. While the repeated inscribed words in Arabic of ‘al-Sultan al-Malik [al-Nasir suggest an attribution to Mamluk Egypt under Sultan al-Malik al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun (r. ca. 1293-1342), the animals and script also resemble those found in the eastern Islamic Lands, where under the Il-Khanids sophisticated textiles were woven as gifts for their Mamluk rivals. Howeve

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Chasuble Fragment 14th century This fragment is likely from a lavish textile either a chasuble or a reliquary cloth used in the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in Chur, Switzerland where its sister fragment is preserved in the Cathedrals treasury. It is a highly luxurious fabric woven with fine silk and silver-gild metallic thread. Calligraphic golden bands with scrolling vine-leaves in the back - some of which end in animal heads - are woven against a purple-blue satin ground. They alternate with bands decorated by quatrefoil medallions in crimson red surrounded by fantastic beasts, such as dragons and griffins. While the repeated inscribed words in Arabic of ‘al-Sultan al-Malik [al-Nasir suggest an attribution to Mamluk Egypt under Sultan al-Malik al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun (r. ca. 1293-1342), the animals and script also resemble those found in the eastern Islamic Lands, where under the Il-Khanids sophisticated textiles were woven as gifts for their Mamluk rivals. Howeve

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