Suaire de Saint-Josse
كفن سان جوز
A Khurasani silk used to wrap a saint's relics in 10th-century France; a document of Islamic silk trade with Europe.
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A piece of embroidered Khurasani silk in which the relics of a saint in tenth-century France were wrapped; evidence of Islamic silk trade with Europe. 1
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islam.museum contributors. “Suaire de Saint-Josse”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/kafan-san-juz/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.