Cenotaph veil, Turkey, 19th century, silk lampas, green back - Lot 226

Cenotaph veil, Turkey, 19th century, silk lampas, green background, decorated with inscriptions in chevrons. The Qur'anic verses in the narrow zigzag bands refer to the Qibla direction towards which Muslims turn in prayer, and to which the heads of the deceased are directed at their funerals. This is the first part of verse 144 of Sura 2. A similar example at the Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire in Brussels, donated by Errera. Fragments at the Victoria & Albert Museum Closer to : John Gillow, Textiles of the Islamic World, p. 23. Petsopoulos 1982, p.183, no. 160. Also see: Islam - Faith and Worship, Abu Dhabi Culture and Heritage, Abu Dhabi, 2009, p. 322-323. For 16th and 17th century fragments of interior Kaaba cloths with similar calligraphic zig-zag bands see: Islam - Faith and Worship, Abu Dhabi Culture and Heritage, Abu Dhabi, 2009, pp. 310-311 and pp. 316-317. 1, 21 x 0, 69 m & 0, 67 x 0, 84 m