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They show Christ in Majesty holding a book, and part of a border of angels. Other fragments that may be from the same original hanging or altar dossal are in the collection of the Musée National du Moyen Age in Paris, and the Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna. There is one further larger fragment in the V&A. \r\n\r\nThe original composition of the panel may have been similar to that of a complete German painted altar dossal of about 1170-80, in which the figure of Christ in Majesty is flanked by two male and two female saints within Romanesque arches topped by buildings.","physicalDescription":"","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"Linen","id":"x29412"},{"text":"silk thread","id":"x30127"},{"text":"wool yarn","id":"x30441"}],"techniques":[{"text":"embroidering","id":"AAT53653"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Linen embroidered with silk and wool","categories":[{"text":"Ecclesiastical textiles","id":"THES48962"},{"text":"Embroidery","id":"THES48960"},{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"},{"text":"Images Online","id":"THES48937"}],"styles":[{"text":"Romanesque","id":"AAT20768"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2011FC6717","2017JX2842"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"004","id":"THES311319"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"004","id":"THES311319"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Hanging","id":""}],[{"text":"Hanging","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Lower Saxony","id":"x29714"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1150-1160","earliest":"1150-01-01","latest":"1160-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"8713-1863","id":"O117830"},"association":"Part"}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"320","unit":"mm","qualifier":"Maximum height of embroidery 1252A-1864","date":{"text":"16/05/2019","earliest":"2019-05-16","latest":"2019-05-16"},"part":"","note":"Measured by conservation"},{"dimension":"Width","value":"310","unit":"mm","qualifier":"Maximum width of embroidery 1252A-1864","date":{"text":"16/05/2019","earliest":"2019-05-16","latest":"2019-05-16"},"part":"","note":"Measured by conservation"},{"dimension":"Height","value":"210","unit":"mm","qualifier":"Maximum height of embroidery 1252-1864","date":{"text":"16/05/2019","earliest":"2019-05-16","latest":"2019-05-16"},"part":"","note":"Measured by conservation"},{"dimension":"Width","value":"445","unit":"mm","qualifier":"Maximum width of embroidery 1252-1864","date":{"text":"16/05/2019","earliest":"2019-05-16","latest":"2019-05-16"},"part":"","note":"Measured by conservation"}],"dimensionsNote":"1252A-1864 is mounted onto a piece of linen fabric, this is 33(H)cm by 32(W)cm","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Historical significance: The figures related stylistically and technically to a much larger fragment of another wall hanging decorated with scenes from the New Testament, which is now in the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin: this has been dated to 1160-70 by comparison with illuminated manuscripts and, by the same comparison, the Museum's fragments have been dated slightly earlier.","historicalContext":"The figure of St. John from the same panel is in the Cluny Museum, Paris, and a fifth incomplete figure is in the Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna. One further fragments (8713-1863) and two in Vienna probably from the same hanging. The original composition of the panel may have been similar to that of a complete German painted altar dossal of c.1170-80 (now in the Westfalisches Landesmuseum, Münster), in which the figure of Christ in Majesty is flanked by two male and two female saints within Romanesque arches topped by buildings.\r\nThe Museum's pieces, and those in Paris and Vienna, were acquired by Dr Bock from the Convent of Huysburg, near Halberstadt.","briefDescription":"Fragments from wall hanging or altar dossal, linen ground covered with silk and wool embroidery, showing Christ in Majesty and Angels.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Williamson, Paul (ed.), <u>The Medieval Treasury: the art of the Middle Ages in the Victoria and Albert Museum</u>, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1986","id":"AUTH334016"},"details":"","free":""}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["1252-1864","1252A-1864"],"accessionNumberNum":"1252","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1864,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Hanging [1]","Hanging [2]"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-02-02","recordCreationDate":"2005-10-24","availableToBook":true}}