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Liturgical Vestment (fragment)

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This fragment of a vestment in brocaded silk satin is decorated with tiers of figures of enthroned Christ supported by the Tetramorph and separated by double bar crosses. In-woven inscriptions are preserved in the bottom row only.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of The Hagop Kevorkian Foundation in memory of Hagop Kevorkian
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Title: Liturgical Vestment (fragment)
Description:
This fragment of a vestment in brocaded silk satin is decorated with tiers of figures of enthroned Christ supported by the Tetramorph and separated by double bar crosses.
In-woven inscriptions are preserved in the bottom row only.

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