Part of an Antependium (Depicting The Last Supper)

Part of an Antependium (Depicting The Last Supper)

1300-1310 · Germany

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen and silk in pulled thread work in chained border, overcast, and two-sided Italian cross stitches; embroidered in satin, single satin, stem, and stem filling stitches; couching;…

¶ And as they were eating, Iesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gaue it to the Disciples, and said, Take, eate, this is my body.
MATTHEW 26:26 · KJV 1611 · READ THE CHAPTER

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago Purchase Fund

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