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Russell Owen Winkelaar

My name is Russell Owen Winkelaar. I am a dreamer, a lover, an explorer, an actor, an artist, advocate, and a helper. It was two weeks before my fourth birthday, March 14th, 1986, when I became a T-6 paraplegic. I was asleep in the back seat next to my baby sister. My Uncle was driving and my

Un petit poisson plein d’avenir

Un petit poisson plein d’avenir

Les fossiles témoignent de la diversité des premières formes de vie et des étonnantes transformations évolutives de la vie sur Terre. Ces changements se sont produits sur des périodes incommensurables pouvant dépasser des centaines de millions d’années. L’une des histoires les plus

Group 1: Introduction

Cairo Under Wraps: Early Islamic Textiles  What we know about textiles from the early days of Islam comes primarily from Egypt, where fragile materials—linen, cotton, wool, silk—have been preserved in the dry soil as burial shrouds. This exhibition displays textiles from the first six

Group 2: Early Examples

The Coptic Legacy  Christian Egyptians were known as Copts. They continued to dominate the textile industry after the Muslim conquest of Egypt, working in the materials and techniques most familiar to them. Imported silks from Sasanian Iran and Byzantium, woven on the drawloom, were copied in

Group 3: Abbasid & Early Fatimid tiraz

Abbasid tiraz Arrival of the Fatimids in Cairo The first Muslim dynasty, the Umayyad, fell to the Abbasids in 750, and the capital moved from Damascus (Syria) to Baghdad (Iraq). Here the Abbasid Caliph ruled an empire stretching from North Africa to Afghanistan. The Caliph’s display of wealth and

Group 4: Embedded scripts

Embedded scripts During the later Fatimid period more attention was paid to embedding the inscription within an artistic background. Tendrils grow from the letters and sprout buds (floriated kufic). Intricate arabesque designs of rhythmically scrolling and interlacing foliage often frame birds and

Group 5: Gold!

 Gold! All the textiles (qasab) in this section have tapestry decoration in silk and gold and represent expensive, luxury fabrics. Gold could only be obtained through the government monopoly, so these beautiful textiles must have been made for the royal household or the aristocracy. Most do not

Group 6: Cursive script

Cursive script By the 12th century, the archaic k ufic script gave way to the cursive style (naskhi). Inscriptions no longer communicate the protocol of the Fatimid caliph. Instead, the words convey general wishes for success and well-being. The decorative bands between the two inscription lines

Group 7: Regalia

Regalia: tiraz among the privileges of the ruler As in other medieval societies, there were rights that belonged to the caliph exclusively; being mentioned in the sermon when the Muslim community gathered on Fridays was one of them. It expressed the recognition of the named person as sovereign.

Group 8: Everyday life

Coinage Another such prerogative was coinage regality, the right to have coins minted in one’s own name. It was strictly enforced and, therefore, coins most exactly speak to historians about the extension of an area claimed by a ruler. In Egypt, the capital Misr (Old Cairo) — where the making