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Orarion

17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Embroidery in silver-gilt and silver thread and coloured silks on greenish-yellow satin in split stitch with couched work. At the middle, each within a medallion, are represented half figures of Christ (vested as a priest) in the act of blessing the Virgin and St John the Baptist. Below, in a vertical row, are the following saints, each beneath a rounded arch with leopard-head capitals (to left): Saints Basil, Athanasius, Spyridon, Gregory, Blaise; (to right): Gregory the Great, John Chrysostom, Nicholas, Cyril, and Savas. The saints are bearded (two have monastic caps) and wear an alb (sticharion), chausable (phelonion) and pall (omophorion) and carry a book. They are separated by narrow bands of floral stems. The names of the figures are in Slavonic characters. The item has a blue linen lining.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk and metal-thread embroidery on satin, with linen lining
Brief description
Embroidered ecclesiastical vestment; Greece; 1600s.
Physical description
Embroidery in silver-gilt and silver thread and coloured silks on greenish-yellow satin in split stitch with couched work. At the middle, each within a medallion, are represented half figures of Christ (vested as a priest) in the act of blessing the Virgin and St John the Baptist. Below, in a vertical row, are the following saints, each beneath a rounded arch with leopard-head capitals (to left): Saints Basil, Athanasius, Spyridon, Gregory, Blaise; (to right): Gregory the Great, John Chrysostom, Nicholas, Cyril, and Savas. The saints are bearded (two have monastic caps) and wear an alb (sticharion), chausable (phelonion) and pall (omophorion) and carry a book. They are separated by narrow bands of floral stems. The names of the figures are in Slavonic characters. The item has a blue linen lining.
Dimensions
  • Length: 106.75in
  • Width: 48.875in
Style
Object history
Purchased. Registered File no. 1930/2660.
Production
Described as "Slavonic" upon acquisition.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.200-1930

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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