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| Category | Embroidery |
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| Origin: artist/workshop | Middle Rheinland |
| Date | 15C/2 |
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| Size | 61.5x122.5 (whole embroidery) |
| Provenance | Cistercian Nuns' Abbey of Tiefenthal, Rheingau |
| Present Location | Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum |
| Bibliography | |
| Illustration From | Eberbach 2003, 3 |
| Other illustrations | |
| Country | Germany |
| Description: |
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| Embroidery in silk on linen from the former Cistercian nuns' abbey of Tiefenthal dated c 1430. Bernard in a white cowl stands within an arch. He has a red halo, carries a crozier in his right hand and a book in his left. The inscription reads 'katterina de altavilla', the name of the abbess (Katharina von Eltville). |