Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 320
was woven of all colours by Coptic weavers, and wasmuch preferred. Nasir-i-Khusrau tells us that the products (tiraz)of the royal factory at Tinnis were reserved exclusively for thesovereign of Egypt, and could neither be sold nor given to anyone else. A king of Fars, he adds, offered 20,000 pieces… … FIG. 100.—SILK FABRIC OF IC0N1UM. Thirteenth Century. [Lyons Museum.) 284 ART OF THE SARACENS. cost 500 gold pieces. At Tinnis also was made the wonderfuliridescent fabric called Bukalamun,—probably from Abu-Kalamun,the chameleon, as Col. Yule suggests,—which was said to changecolour at different…
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