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Text, Embroidered cotton liturgical vestment

Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens, Greece

Cotton liturgical vestment (sticharion) with representation of a female saint (Damiana?) flanked by 40 female saints. Embroidered with silk thread. 18th-19th c.

Cotton liturgical vestment (sticharion) with embroidery of the Virgin Mary and saints

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Embroidered cotton liturgical vestment


Embroidered cotton liturgical vestment

Material: Cotton, silk thread Date range: 18th-19th century AD Origin: Unknown (likely Byzantine or...

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