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‘Another fine example of influence from Baghdad introduced into Cairo is found in a long wooden frieze from the great cemetery, now in the Museum of Islamic Art. This contains elements of Sassanian design, a winged diadem alternating with a tree of life and palmettes but here combined with Coptic style vegetation, the whole being framed with Koranic texts in an elongated Kufic of 9^th century [ce] style.’

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*– ibid [Encyclopaedia of Visual Arts 3]: 430-431

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