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Sleeve Band: Personification

Sleeve Band: Personification

Byzantine

In the central roundel is a bust of a female personfication dressed in a green robe dotted with white. She holds a budding bough in each hand. Above her is an inscription in Greek letters reading ΓΕΩΡΓΕ (Georgi). The four smaller roundels contain nereids riding sea creatures. Horizontal bands containing red flowers alternate with blue bands containing fish.

Wool and linen, tapestry weave

Byzantine period, Early

Textile Arts