14th Century*: altar border with seed beads and brakteats

Copyright Lüne Abbey (Lower Saxony, Germany).
Credit: Anja Preiß, Klosterkammer Hannover.

 

Lüneburg, 15. Jh. ?:*

Border * Silk, glass beads, linen and metal.

Width: 281.5 cm

Depth: 25cm (without fringe: 13 cm)

Large medallions measure between 7.9 and 8.2 cm

Lüneburg Art collection in the Lüne Monastery (near Lüneburg)

Inv. No. LUEKO Hb 031

*Jen’s note: I think it’s 14th C at the latest by the the beadwork and brakteats on it. It’s more typical of 13-14th work from pieces at Halberstadt Dommuseen. For this reason I’ve recategorized it as 14th instead of 15th.


First two photos: Copyright Lüne Abbey (Lower Saxony, Germany).  Photo credit: Anja Preiß, Klosterkammer Hannover.

Thank you for taking these exclusively for this site!

As an aside, I’ve been experimenting duplicating the fringe on this page (and like the one here). I’ve put up a page of the method used, here, mostly because it made my brain itch. I figured some one might find use for it. Click the picture for more.

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