Stole (Epitrachelion) with Scenes from the Akathist Hymn

1667 (Early Modern) H: 61 13/16 in. (157 cm) Citation Source image

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 A...

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6492
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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