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Talismanic shirt

TXT 463

Turkey

16th century

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Talismanic shirt

TXT 463

Turkey

16th century

Cotton, inscribed in black, brown, red, carmine, blue, green, gold and silver ink

82.5 x 96 cm (with sleeves extended)

inscriptions consist of invocations using some of the Names of God; select Qur’anic verses; and several complete Qur’anic surahs