Work of Art Record 43520

Record No

43520

Collection

Opus Anglicanum: The Evelyn Thomas Database of Medieval English Embroidery

Inventory Number

Christie No.: 68

Location

Austria, Vienna, Vienna, MAK—Museum für angewandte Kunst

Date

c. 1300

Subject Headings

Christ, Crucifixion

Notes

Detail of symbol of Evangelist John in Christ: Crucifixion on back of the chasuble.

Citations

Braun, J., Die liturgische Gewandung (1907), pp. 179, 217

Österreichische Kunsttopographie, III. Bezirk Melk (1909), pp. xv, 269; pls. XII-XIII

Christie, A., "Melk Chasuble," Burlington Magazine, LXI (1932), pp. 288, 291

Jerchel, H., "Die ober- und niederösterreichische Buchmalerei," Jahrbuch der kunsthistorischen Sammlungen in Wien, VI (1932), p. 20, n. 13

Kronberger-Frentzen, H., "Melk Chasuble, an Opus Anglicanum," Burlington Magazine, LXI (1932), pp. 68, 69; figs. A-B opp. p. 70

Christie, A., English Medieval Embroidery (1938), pp. 130-133 (no. 68); frontispiece; pls. LXXXI-LXXXIV; figs. 117-118

London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Opus Anglicanum (1963), cat. 39; p. 23; pl. 5

Johnstone, P., High Fashion in the Church (2002), pp. 39-40; fig. 35

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