IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 117568 accession number: T.6-1944 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 17 January 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Cope: crimson velvet orphreys, linen hood and morse embroidered with silk and gold thread in satin stitch and embellished with spangles. The embroidered motifs represent: 1- The virgin standing with child in her arms wearing a blue mantle over a green robe 2- Saint Catherine dressed in a rose mantle edged with gold and lined in green over a green robe 3- an evangelist holding a book in his left hand, a pen in his right, wearing a blue mantle over a green robe 4-A saint dressed in a red mantle patterned with gold cones and lined in green 5- Saint John the Baptist in a blue mantle carrying a book in his left hand with a Paschal Lamb upon it 6- A Saint in a green mantle lined in blue and patterned with acanthus leaves. The virgin and five saints stand under architectural canopies with pinnacles. The background to each figure is of couched gold and the ground upon which they stand is of silk laid and couched with gold. Above the canopies of figures 4, 4 and 6 the sky is dotted with stars. title: cope LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Mrs Lloyd in memory of her husband Dr A. H. Lloyd, Christ’s College STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117568 TECHNIQUES ---------- Cope: crimson velvet orphreys, linen hood and morse embroidered with silk and gold thread in satin stitch and embellished with spangles weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: costume DATING ------ creation date: 1500 - 1599 creation date earliest: 1500 creation date latest: 1599 culture: 16th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- value: Length = 4'10" ft / Width = 9'8"ft