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An Islamic ottoman talismanic shirt

Reference: ART300843

A shirt (jama) covered with text written in Naskh scripts, in assorted colors, arranged in numerous panels, roundels, cartouches, cypress tree forms. The inscriptions include quotations from the Qur'an, invocations to God, attributes of God and prayers. They are written in Naskh of different sizes in different shapes, patterns, mirrored form and reserved against text and in colors of black, red, green, and gold. To the reverse different panels enclosing the names of Allah and different surahs of the Quran, surround by gilt lotus, flowers and foliage.