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A silk tomb cover from Bursa; about 1517–1600, one of the Ottoman shrine covers. In the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. ¹

People and things also explored

Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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islam.museum contributors. “Bursa Tomb Cover”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/ghita-qabr-bursa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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