Altarcloth, second half 14th century, German, Linen embroidered with satin, chain, chevron, and Roumanian stitches, Overall: 47 1/2 x 156 in. (120.7 x 396.2 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, Sophia, Hadewigis, and Lucardis, The Adoration of the Magi appears on one end of this exceptionally large, well-preserved altar covering from the convent of Altenberg, not far from Trier in Germany. Christ as judge; Saint Elizabeth of Hungary and Thuringia, mother of a thirteenth-century abbess of Altenberg; and Saint Nicholas, patron saint of the convent, are among the other figures represented in richly textured embroidery
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Altarcloth, second half 14th century, German, Linen embroidered, satin, chain, chevron, Roumanian stitches, Overall, 47 1/2 x 156, 120.7 396.2 cm, Textiles-Embroidered, Sophia, Hadewigis, and Lucardis, Adoration, Magi, exceptionally large, well-preserved altar, covering, convent, Altenberg, far, Trier, Germany, Christ, judge, Saint Elizabeth, Hungary, Thuringia, mother, thirteenth-century abbess, Nicholas, patron saint, figures represented, richly textured, embroidery
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