Stole with the Martyrdom of St. Catherine

ca. 1200

On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 10

This embroidery traces the legend of the martyrdom of Saint Catherine. On the left, Catherine debates the merits of Christianity with the pagan emperor, Maxentius, and at the center she is tortured on his wheel of fortune. On the right, the wheel is shown destroyed; two dead pagans lie beneath it while the emperor, standing, holds the limp body of the saint, who has miraculously survived. The story probably continued on another row of embroidery below the cut lower edge of this piece.

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Title: Stole with the Martyrdom of St. Catherine
Date: ca. 1200
Geography: Made in Rhineland, Germany
Culture: German
Medium: Silk with linen underlay
Dimensions: Overall: 7 3/4 x 19 1/4in. (19.7 x 48.9cm)
Classification: Textiles-Embroidered
Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Object Number: 64.101.1382
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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