Work of Art Record 43590

Record No

43590

Collection

Opus Anglicanum: The Evelyn Thomas Database of Medieval English Embroidery

Inventory Number

Christie No.: 139

Location

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

Date

second half 13c. - first half 14c.

Subject Headings

Bishop

Notes

This miter is a compilation of fragments from different periods including English, Spanish, Italian, and possibly German (infulae), embroidery. Only the four barbed quatrefoils in the lowest register, on both front and back, are opus anglicanum. From Blocher, cited above.

Photo: Lyon, musée des Tissus, © Pierre Verrier

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

Spies, N., Ecclesiastical Pomp. Aristocratic Circumstance. A Thousand Years
of Brocaded Tabletwoven Bands (2000); pp. 230-231

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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