Prayer rug
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A prayer rug or prayer mat is a piece of fabric, sometimes a pile carpet, used by Muslims, some Christians, especially in Orthodox Christianity and some Baha'i during prayer.
This Safavid prayer rug with a silk pile on the ground brocaded with metal threads forms part of a prestigious set of Safavid Persian Niche rugs. Most of the preserved rugs of this group were intended as diplomatic gifts from the Safavid court to the Ottomans. The poetic inscription on the border is executed in nasta`liq script, in Persian verse and includes the name of Sultan Murad. Most probably it refers to the Ottoman Sultan Murad III. Circa 1570-1600 CE.
A Western Orthodox hieromonk blesses prayer rugs to be used for Christian prayer at fixed prayer times.
Fragment of a saf carpet. Mughal India, first half of the 17th century. Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
Mamluk prayer rug. c. 1500. Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin
Christian prayer
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Christian prayer is an important activity in Christianity, and there are several different forms used for this practice.
A prie-dieu, which is used for private Christian prayer, situated in the room of a historic house.
Many devout Christians have a home altar at which they (and their family members) pray and read Christian devotional literature, sometimes while kneeling at a prie-dieu.
A page of Matthew, from Papyrus 1, c. 250
Priest reading from Holy Scripture in preparation for meditation and contemplative prayer