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Textile Fragment from the Dalmatic of San Valerius

13th century
Not on view
This brocaded textile was originally applied to a dalmatic of Andalusian manufacture. It belongs to a collection of vestments attributed to the cult of Saint Valerius, who was the bishop of Saragossa, Spain, from 290 until 315. During the eleventh century his body was transferred to the Cathedral of San Vicente de Roda de Isábena in in Huesca (Aragon) from where relics were dispatched to other churches. The textiles were made to venerate the saint, with the dalmatic worn on the occasion of his feast day.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Textile Fragment from the Dalmatic of San Valerius
  • Date: 13th century
  • Geography: Attributed to Spain
  • Medium: Silk, gilt animal substrate around a silk core; lampas with seperable layers in the ground weave
  • Dimensions: Textile:
    H. 3 in. (7.6 cm)
    W. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
    Mount:
    H. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)
    W. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)
    D. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.156.4
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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