Williams, Leonard, b. 1871 · London : T.N. Foulis · leaf 40
ightest trace of hand-embroidery.It has two borders containing these inscriptions inCufic letters : In the name of God, the clement,the merciful. (May) the blessing of God andhappiness (be) for the Caliph I man AbdallahHixem, the favoured of God and prince of be-lievers. This monarch, second of the… … THE -BANNER OF LAS NAVAS (Monastery of Santa Maria la Real de las Huclgas, Burgos) TEXTILE FABRICS As Riafio suggests, it was very probably a wartrophy. Another most interesting example of Saracenictextile work is the so-called banner of Las Navas (Plate i.), which popular tradition affirms tohave…
Decorative arts
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