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Social Fabrics: Inscribed Textiles from Medieval Egyptian Tombs Hardcover with jacketExploring prize textiles known as tiraz, whose meaning and materiality illuminate the interwoven communities of the medieval Islamic world Edited by Mary McWilliams and Jochen Sokoly Published February 2022 ISBN: 9780300260090 176 pages; 10 10 in. 124 images (140 including maps and glossary illustrations) Softcover Published by Harvard Art Museums Distributed by Yale University Press Social Fabrics looks at tirazhighly prized textiles enhanced with