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Orphrey

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Orphrey

Date:: 15th century
Geography:: Made in Cologne, Germany
Culture:: German
Medium:: Silk and metal thread on linen
Dimensions:: H" 40 3/4" W: 5 9/16" (103.5 x 14.1cm) W/ plexiglass box: 42 1/4" x 7 1/4"
Classification:: Textiles
Credit Line:: The Cloisters Collection, 1953
Accession Number:: 53.35.3

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Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: (embroidered [?] at top) pater i man cometo spiu (Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit) (center) o crux ave spes unica (Oh, cross! all hail our only hope!) (bottom) s nycolaus (St. Nicholas)
Provenance

Leopold Iklé , St. Gall, Switzerland
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A.D. 1400-1600 (20,608)
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