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Textile fragment from the Reliquary of St. Librada (BOSMFA 53.118.1)

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By Cecilia Baillon '24

Spanish Arabic, 11-12th c, believed to have come from the Church of St. Librada, Almerica, Spain. Fragment with two incomplete large roundels joined by interlace. Interior pattern includes large bird, 4 bands of script, 2 roundels with cats(?). Bird with human face times around roundel. Secondary rosette motif.

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