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  2. Carpet page - Wikipedia

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    A carpet page from the Lindisfarne Gospels. A carpet page is a full page in an illuminated manuscript containing intricate, non-figurative, patterned designs. [1] They are a characteristic feature of Insular manuscripts, and typically placed at the beginning of a Gospel Book. Carpet pages are characterised by mainly geometrical ornamentation ...

  3. Carpet - Wikipedia

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    A carpet is a textile floor covering typically consisting of an upper layer of pile attached to a backing. The pile was traditionally made from wool, but since the 20th century synthetic fibers such as polypropylene, nylon, or polyester have often been used, as these fibers are less expensive than wool. The pile usually consists of twisted ...

  4. Bobbio Orosius - Wikipedia

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    The carpet page faces the first page of text in the manuscript. The initial P and the opening words Praeceptis tuis par(rui) are many times larger than the rest of the text and are of hollow shafted capitals, with stem of the P descending the entire length of the text block.

  5. Book of Kells - Wikipedia

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    [78] [79] [80] Facing the portrait of Christ on folio 33r is the only carpet page in the Book of Kells, which is rather anomalous; the Lindisfarne Gospels have five extant carpet pages and the Book of Durrow has six. The blank verso of folio 33 faces the single most lavish miniature of the early medieval period, the Book of Kells Chi Rho ...

  6. Category:Rugs and carpets - Wikipedia

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    Shushi Carpet Museum; Alexander Smith Carpet Mills Historic District; Soumak; Stair carpet; Stair rod; ... This page was last edited on 14 March 2013, at 03:23 (UTC).

  7. Rug - Wikipedia

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    Rug or RUG may refer to: . Rug, or carpet, a textile floor covering; Rug, slang for a toupée; Ghent University (Rijksunversiteit Gent, or RUG); Really Useful Group, or RUG, a company set up by Andrew Lloyd Webber

  8. American carpets and rugs - Wikipedia

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    Neff, Ivan C. and Carol V. Maggs. Dictionary of Oriental Rugs. London: AD. Donker LTD, 1977. ISBN 978-0-949937-35-3; Gardiner, Roger F. "Spuhler Revisited: Further Thoughts on the West Berlin Rug Catalog."

  9. Caucasian carpets and rugs - Wikipedia

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    Soumak flat-weave rug from Quba Rayon or Daghestan, mid-19th century.. Caucasian carpets and rugs are primarily made in villages, rather than in cities. [1] They are made from materials particular to individual tribal provinces, the rugs of the Caucasus normally display bold geometric designs in primary colors.

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