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Back of a choir cope, with embroidery
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Back of a choir cope, with embroidery

c. 1530 · embroidering; velvet (fabric weave); gold thread

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Back of a chasuble, with embroidery and stitching in gold thread. In a hilly landscape with castles, the Sermon on the Mount and the distribution of loaves are depicted. Christ is surrounded by his disciples and the people. Above the image is an ornamental border embroidered with the names MAR VI, JOH VI, and MAT XIII in three arches.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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coperugschild
Credit lineRugschild van een koorkap, met borduurwerk. c. 1530. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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