The oriental rug; a monograph on eastern rugs and carpets, saddle-bags, mats & pillows, with a consideration of kinds and classes, types borders, figures, dyes, symbols, etc., together with some practical advice to collectors (1909)
Ellwanger, William De Lancey, 1854-1913 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 182
alled Arabicfigures of: o, i» 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,their digits are represented by Both are read from left to right. TheseArabic digits, however, are not alwayseasily to be deciphered on a rug, on ac-count of the spreading of the wool and con-sequent irregularity of outline, and alsobecause they… … INSCRIPTIONS AND DATES 125 when there is a doubt. When the Arabicnumerals are made clear, it remains toreduce this date to the corresponding oneof the Christian era, by means of a com-plicated table. All Mohammedan dating (with excep-tions not to be considered here, howeverinteresting historically)…
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