Work of Art Record 43034

Record No

43034

Collection

Opus Anglicanum: The Evelyn Thomas Database of Medieval English Embroidery

Inventory Number

Christie No.: 182

Location

France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Métropole de Lyon, Lyon, Musée des Tissus

Date

second half 13c. - first half 14c.

Subject Headings

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Notes

This miter is a compilation of English, Spanish, Italian, and possibly German, embroidery fragments from different periods. Only the four barbed quatrefoils depicting four crowned women, in the lowest register, are opus anglicanum. From Blocher, cited above.

Citations

Beaulieu, M., & Baylé, J., "Mitre épiscopale en France des origines à la fin du XVe siècle," Bulletin archéologique, n. s., IX (1973), pp. 70-71, 77; fig. 28

Blocher, H., Die Mitren des hohen Mittelalters (2012), pp. 79, 116, 219, 239, 272-274 cat. 52, 303; figs. 38, 67, 68, 188-191

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