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Silk and cannetille weave featuring a Nativity with the inscription " ...erbum carofat" (verbum caro fat tu e). Italy, 15th century. Provenance: former Hassan Chabestary collection, Cairo.

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Silk and cannetille weave featuring a Nativity with the inscription " ...erbum carofat" (verbum caro fat tu e). Italy, 15th century. Provenance: former Hassan Chabestary collection, Cairo.

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