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Stole (Epitrachelion) with Scenes from the Akathist Hymn

Ottoman (Artist)

1667 (Early Modern)

pink silk, silk and silver thread
(Medieval Europe , Byzantium and Early Russia)

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.

Inscription

[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.

Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.**

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

Exhibitions

1947	Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
5/13/1952	Treatment	cleaned
3/8/1985	Examination	examined for condition

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Geographies

Turkey, Kyzikus (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 61 13/16 in. (157 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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83.432

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Stole (Epitrachelion) with Scenes from the Akathist Hymn

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Stole (Epitrachelion) with Scenes from the Akathist Hymn

Inscription

Provenance Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Exhibitions

Conservation

Geographies

Measurements

Credit Line

Location in Museum

Accession Number In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

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Provenance

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Accession Number

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