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The calligraphy is highly decorative and colorful, and has borders with gold geometric and naturalistic designs. In 1062, a connection between Fatimid and Yemeni rulers was made in order to strengthen religious and political power, as well as to gain access trade routes to the Indian Ocean and Red Sea.
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An armilla (plural armillae) was an armband awarded as a military decoration (donum militarium) to soldiers of ancient Rome for conspicuous gallantry. Legionary (citizen) soldiers and non-commissioned officers below the rank of centurion were eligible for this award, but non-citizen soldiers were not. [1]
An arm ring, also known as an armlet or an armband, is a band of metal, usually a precious metal, worn as jewelry or an ornament around the biceps of the upper arm. The arm ring is similar to a bracelet or bangle , though it must be shaped and sized to fit snugly to the upper arm.
Jewellery design is the art or profession of designing and creating jewellery. It is one of civilization's earliest forms of decoration , dating back at least 7,000 years to the oldest-known human societies in Indus Valley Civilization , Mesopotamia , and Egypt .
The usekh broad collar was wrapped around and supported by the neck and shoulders. It is typically adorned with closely placed rows of colored stone beads, or it is made entirely of metal. The collars were connected with clasps of gold. [2] Over time, the broad collar went through many different variations of form.
Mosan armilla, enamelled gilt-copper, 1170s, now Germanisches Nationalmuseum.The pair in the Louvre is here The Monomachus Crown, possibly an armilla. An armill or armilla (from the Latin: armillae remains the plural of armilla) is a type of medieval bracelet, or armlet, normally in metal and worn in pairs, one for each arm.
Bronze 4th-century BC buffer-type torc from France The Dying Gaul, a Roman statue with a torc in the Capitoline Museums in Rome. A torc, also spelled torq or torque, is a large rigid or stiff neck ring in metal, made either as a single piece or from strands twisted together.