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Rare 700-year-old fresco in Italian monastery depicts Islamic tent

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Stunning 700-year-old fresco discovered in Italian monastery depicts Islamic 'altar tent' which may have been seized from the battlefield by Christians .

Christian soldiers seized these tents from Islamic enemies on the battlefield as the spoils of war.

But they were also sent to Europe as gifts in diplomacy - such as one sent to the first Holy Roman emperor, Charlemagne , by the sultan featured in the Arabian Nights story, Harun al-Rashid .

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