Textile, Medium: silk Technique: compound satin Label: silk compound satin, Fragment of woven silk with zigzag bands of Kufic script in white on a red ground. The inscriptions are translated as (top to bottom):, There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the prophet of God (repeated), Say: He is God alone: God the Eternal! He begetteth not and is not begotten; and there is none like unto him, Allah (repeated) Muhammad (repeated), Truly we have given thee an abundance; Pray therefore to the Lord, and slay the victims. Verily whoso hateth thee shall be childless, Turkey, 16th-17th century, woven textiles, Textile