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These delicate tapestry-woven textile armbands with inscriptions (Arabic tiraz) rendered in golden Kufic script lettering would have adorned the wearer's body in a luxurious echo of the regal blue and gold parchment Qur'ans produced during the…

The Tiraz was worn often as an armband, woven with Arabic script. The woven text would invoke blessings on its owner / wearer. The Tiraz featured in this image displays an inscription of a ruler's name, a common trait in Egyptian Tiraz during the…

"The concordancing system described at this date was to be written in Fortran on a Univac 1108. The Univac 1108 computer was modular and extensible but could easily fill a room with its various components, including not only the processor (or…

A 1346 Latin manuscript of the Coutumier de Normandie.