Altar Cloth
1475-1499 (made)
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Altar cloth of linen, embroidered with silver-gilt thread, and blue, green, brown and buff-coloured silks. In the middle is a square compartment containing the Agnus Dei ( Lamb of God), outlined by a band of flowering plants separating the letters of the word 'HANGNUS DEI' in Gothic characters. In each corner is one of the following letters 'I E S U', and round the edge is a broad, geometrical border of leafy stems and rosettes within lozenges.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Linen embroidered with silver-gilt thread and coloured silks |
| Brief description | Altar cloth, linen embroidered with silver-gilt thread and coloured silks, Germany, 1475-99. |
| Physical description | Altar cloth of linen, embroidered with silver-gilt thread, and blue, green, brown and buff-coloured silks. In the middle is a square compartment containing the Agnus Dei ( Lamb of God), outlined by a band of flowering plants separating the letters of the word 'HANGNUS DEI' in Gothic characters. In each corner is one of the following letters 'I E S U', and round the edge is a broad, geometrical border of leafy stems and rosettes within lozenges. |
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| Accession number | 818-1902 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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