A group of Three Fatimid silk and linen tiraz textile fragments, Egypt, 10th/11th Century

consisting of three tiraz textile fragments, one decorated with a woven dark blue inscription against a beige background, one with an illustrated wavy inscription within a decorated blue and yellow background between two bands of matching wavy script, the third featuring a dark-red band with a symmetric decorative inscription, all three mounted on canvas and framed

All three in overall fairly good condition, minor discoloration and minor holes in fragment, as viewed.
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inscriptions

In blue:  The Basmala, followed by: 

baraka min allah wa raf'a (?)....

'Blessing from God and Superiority (?) ...'

In pale purple, repetition of the Qur'an, chapter LXI (al-Saff) part of verse 13, in negative.

Repetition of the Qur'an, chapter LXI (al-Saff) part of verse 13.

For a discussion on tenth-century tiraz fragments, see preceding lot.