1. Tiraz inscription
   Kelsey Museum.
   Tiraz inscription
   Red silk on linen. Reported as cross stitch, but appears to be Greek stitch, with additional single stitches.
   Kelsey Museum, KM 26741, Egypt, Abbasid period (10th century)
   
   
2. Narrow band of triangles
   The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.385.
   
   
3. Narrow band with diagonal S's
   The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.374.
   
   
4. Band with rosettes
   The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.514.
   
   
5. Fleur-de-lys band
   The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.386.
   
   
6. Band of rotating lozenges with border
   The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.376.
   
   
7. Sampler fragment.
   Hoskins 19 (p.224)
   Unknown, possibly black or brown, and red silk on cotton, 55 tpi. Cross stitch.
   Current location unknown, Egypt, Mamluk period (mid 13th-early 14th century?)
   
   
8. Sampler fragment.
   Hoskins 20 (p.224-5)
   Red silk on cotton, 55 tpi. Cross stitch.
   Current location unknown, Egypt, Mamluk period (mid 13th-early 14th century?)
   
   
9. Blue and black bands
   Errera, Isabelle. Collection d'Anciennes toffes gyptiennes, #359 (p. 155).
   Fragment with five bands of embroidery. Blue and black silk on linen. Cross stitch.
   Egypt (9th to 11th centuries?)
   
   
10. Sampler fragment.
    Ellis 35 (p.53)
    Blue, yellow and green silk on linen. Greek stitch.
    It is not apparent from the single repeat of the motif worked in green, but when spaced properly, this is a popular counterchange pattern.
    Ashmolean Museum, 1984.502, Egypt, Mamluk period (mid 13th-early 14th century, radiocarbon date 1285 40)
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.516. XXX
    
    
11. Fragment.
    Ellis 37 (p.55)
    Red and blue silk on linen. Greek stitch, with some cross stitch in the border.
    Third variation of the counterchanging foliate pattern above, alternating red and blue.
    Ashmolean Museum, 1984.340, Egypt, Mamluk period (mid 13th-early 14th century)
    
    
12. Scarf or girdle.
    Ellis 36 (p.54)
    Blue silk on linen. Greek stitch. The linen is not even close to an even-weave
    Same counterchanging foliate pattern as the sampler, worked in S-direction in one band, and Z in the other.
    Ashmolean Museum, 1993.152, Egypt, Mamluk period (mid 13th-early 14th century)
    
    
13. Squares with swastika filling and a border
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.381.
    
    
14. Zigzag band with fleurs-de-lys.
    Ellis 38 (p.56)
    Blue silk on linen. Greek stitch.
    Ashmolean Museum, 1993.156, Egypt, Mamluk period (14th century)
    
    
15. Lotus bud band
    Ellis 39 (p.57)
    Red and yellow silk on linen. Greek stitch.
    Ashmolean Museum, 1993.153, Egypt, Mamluk period (1250-1517)
    
    
16. Band of stars
    The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Accession number 48.1056.
    
    
17. Bands from a tunic fragment
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.101.
    
    
    
18. Band with lozenges and border
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.316.
    
    
19. Lozenges with inscription
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.32.
    
    
20. Tunic fragment
    Merlange, Germaine. Catalog of the Elsberg Collection of Egypto-Arabic Embroideries of the Mediaeval Period, The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 12, No. 1 (1928), #15 (p. 28).
    Red and green silk on linen. Cross stitch. Square outlines are in Greek stitch.
    Elsberg Collection. Egypt, late Fatimid or early Ayubid period (12th-13th century)
    
    
21. Eight-pointed star in octagon in square.
    Ellis 55 (p.82-3)
    Blue, red and yellow silk on linen. Greek stitch and spaced cross stitch.
    Ashmolean Museum, 1993.357, Egypt, Mamluk period (1250-1517)
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1993.357.
    
    
22. Fleur-de-lys band with border.
    Lamm, fig. 6 (p. 67)
    Red, blue and cream silk on linen. Main band in plait stitch, borders in cross stitch.
    This border uses a fourth variation of the immensely popular counterchanging foliate pattern.
    Egypt, Mamluk period (15th-early 16th century)
    
    
23. Fragment
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1993.145.
    
    
    
    
24. Band of diamonds with border on all four sides
    The Victoria & Albert Museum, Accession number 761-1898.
    
    
    

PATTERNS FROM THE MARONITE MUMMY FIND:

1. Fragment from baby's jacket with cross pattern
   Momies du Liban, Had. 91-6 B (p. 76-77).
   Brown on cotton. Appears to be some form of cross stitch.
   Beirut National Museum, Lebanon, about 1283
   
   
2. Fleur-de-lys band
   Momies du Liban, Had. 89-6 E (p. 78-80)
   Embroidery in red and brown on cotton. Appears to be cross stitch.
   Beirut National Museum, Lebanon, about 1283
   
   
3. Fragment from baby's jacket with diagonal pattern
   Momies du Liban, Had. 90-32 B (p. 60-61).
   Red and brown on cotton. Appears to be some form of cross stitch.
   Beirut National Museum, Lebanon, about 1283
   
   
4. Fragment from baby's jacket with square pattern
   Momies du Liban, Had. 90-32 B (p. 60-61).
   Red and brown on cotton. Appears to be some form of cross stitch.
   Beirut National Museum, Lebanon, about 1283
   
   
5. Fragment from baby's jacket with rosette pattern
   Momies du Liban, Had. 91-6 B (p. 76-77).
   Red and brown on cotton. Appears to be some form of cross stitch.
   Beirut National Museum, Lebanon, about 1283
   
   
6. Tunic bodice and sleeves
   Momies du Liban, Had. 90-35 D (p. 67).
   Red and brown silk on cotton. Appears to be some form of cross stitch.
   Beirut National Museum, Lebanon, about 1283
   
   
7. Cruciform rosette
   Momies du Liban, Had. 89-6 A (p. 78-80)
   Embroidery in red on cotton. Appears to be Greek stitch.
   Beirut National Museum, Lebanon, about 1283
   
   
8. Tunic sleeves
   Momies du Liban, Had. 90-32 D (p. 62).
   Red and brown silk on cotton. Probably Greek stitch.
   Beirut National Museum, Lebanon, about 1283
   
   
9. Tunic sleeves
   Momies du Liban, Had. 91-6 C (p. 77).
   Red silk on linen. Probably Greek stitch.
   Beirut National Museum, Lebanon, about 1283