Liturgical cuff (Epimanikion) 1740 Greek The Annunciation was a favored subject for epimanikia, since it lent itself to division across the pair of cuffs (see also ). The motif of the angel Gabriel entering on a raft of clouds is borrowed from the art of Western Europe, likely via prints. The inscription in the lower margins recalls the "toil and pains" of the embroider and concludes with the Greek numerals ΑΨΜ for the year Liturgical cuff (Epimanikion) 226634

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