Fragment, Medium: linen Technique: damask, cross stitch, Narrow panel of blue and white linen. Design in horizontal rows, two motifs repeating alternately: a walled city with the inscription 'Gerusalem,' and the Resurrection with the inscription, 'ich bin die auferstehung und das Leben Johan am 11' (I am the Resurrection and the Life, John chapter 11), 'R' embroidered in red linen cross-stitch in the lower right corner. Triangular pocket of same material on back at lower edge., Germany, ca. 1700, woven textiles, Fragment

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