Note 91 — Chapter XI

Mr. Fischbach almost admits as much himself, when he occasionally notes his hesitation in ascribing a Saracenic stuff to an Eastern loom or to Sarrasinas at Lucca; and some of his “Saracenic” examples are even vaguely attributed to “Asia Minor or Greece.” He has enjoyed the scholarly assistance of Prof. Karabacek, who has made considerable use of Col. Yule’s and Sir George Birdwood’s discoveries, and added the results of his own researches. The attribution of no. 13 to Ibrāhīm of Dehlī, however, is not warranted by the Arabic inscription in the lithograph, which does not show the name of that Sultan. 88a, again, which “cannot be read,” shows the name ‘Abd-Allah clearly. Fischbach’s Geschichte der Textil-Kunst contains Prof. Karabacek’s information, but the Saracenic divisions are unhappily full of misprints, which detract from the scholarly aspect.