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Source Description
Epitrachelia are liturgical stoles worn only by priests and bishops. This one was specially made for a metropolitan of Cyzicus in Asia Minor. Rather than with the more usual images of saints (cf. Walters 83.315), it is embroidered with illustrations of the 24 strophes of the Akathist, a hymn in praise of the Virgin Mary. The beginning of each strophe is inscribed under the respective scene.
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Stole (Epitrachelion) with Scenes from the Akathist Hymn
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title
Stole (Epitrachelion) with Scenes from the Akathist Hymn
description
Epitrachelia are liturgical stoles worn only by priests and bishops. This one was specially made for a metropolitan of Cyzicus in Asia Minor. Rather than with the more usual images of saints (cf. Walters 83.315), it is embroidered with illustrations of the 24 strophes of the Akathist, a hymn in praise of the Virgin Mary. The beginning of each strophe is inscribed under the respective scene.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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1667 (Early Modern)
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en
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Textiles
stoles
liturgical vestements
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H: 61 13/16 in. (157 cm)
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Orthodox Eastern
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Post-Byzantine
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[Transcription] + Τοῦ πανιεροτάτου κ(αὶ) λογιω/τάτου μ(ητ)ροπολίτου Κυζίκου / κυρίου Μ(ητ)ροφάνους τοῦ ἐκ Θη/βῶν τῆς Βοιωτίας κτῆ/μα ἱερὸν ἐστὶ τοῦτο / ἐν ἔτει
αχξζ᾿;[Translation] This is a sacred possession of the most holy and most learned metropolitan of Cyzicus
Metrophanes from Thebes in Boeotia
in the year 1667.
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Ottoman Dynasty
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Mohammed IV (1648-1687)
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pink silk, silk and silver thread
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