Orphrey
Date:
15th Century
Medium:
Embroidery: silk and metallic thread on linen plain weave.
Dimensions:
8 3/4 × 10 1/8 inches (22.23 × 25.72 cm)
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase, Octavia W. Bates Fund and William Yawkey Fund
Object number:
60.45
The eight-sided orphrey panel depicts the standing figures of Saint Augustine and his mother Saint Monica, whose names are embroidered in the top border. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, carries the crozier, as well as his personal attribute, the heart. He wears the bishop's mitre and a gold cope fastened in front with a morse. Saint Monica is dressed as a nun, holding a heart and a book. Their names are embroidered in the frame above them. The figures stand against a lattice-patterned background and on a tiled floor.
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