1101 / 1125, Almería
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1101 / 1125, Almería
- Identifier
- 33.371
- Transfer of custody
- MFA Boston
- Acquisition
- Said to come from the tomb of bishop San Pedro de Osma (d. 1109) in the Cathedral of Burgo de Osma, Spain [see note 1]. 1933, Herman A. Elsberg (b. 1869 - d. 1938), New York; 1933, sold by Elsberg to the MFA for $14,500 [see note 2]. (Accession date: March 7, 1933) NOTES: [1] See Adele Coulin Weibel, Two Thousand Years of Textiles (New York: Pantheon, 1952), p. 96, cat. no. 66. [2] Purchased with MFA 33.372 for $14,500. / Ellen Page Hall Fund
- Collection
- Technique
- Velvet 39%
- Embroidery 94%
- Embroidery 99%
- Embroidery 92%
- Depiction
- Vegetal motif 52%
- Geometrical motif 65%
- Geometrical motif 61%
- Vegetal motif 52%
- Dimension
- 50 cm (height)43 cm (width)
- Production time
- Production place
- Type of object
Description
Fragment of shroud believed to have been part of the shroud of a bishop of Burgo de Osma. Design of pairs of lions attacking human-headed birds within circles connected by smaller circles containing inscriptions, woven with red, green, and light brown silk (weft) and gold thread (brocaded). The inscription has been translated by R. Guest as follows "This was made in the town of Baghdad, may God guard it."
