Title

Detail of the Syon Cope, 1310-1320. (1881). Creator: J. I. Williamson.

Caption

Detail of the Syon Cope, 1310-1320. (1881). Etching of embroidered figures on an ecclesiastical cape made in England in the early 14th century. This cope, a cape-like vestment, was originally part of a chasuble, worn by priests to celebrate Mass. The Syon Cope takes its name from the Bridgettine convent of Syon in Middlesex. Interlaced quatrefoil shaped compartments with religious scenes are worked in silver-gilt and silver thread. The cope is an important example of opus anglicanum, the Latin term for the high quality English embroidery known to have been bought by princes and popes. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]

Date

1881

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F36_479

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,7Mb (3,8Mb) / 11,9in x 17,6in / 3555 x 5281 (300dpi)

Keywords

England religious arts country religion pattern book museum English medieval Christianity angel saint location Catholic Catholicism century Roman Catholic angels ecclesiastical literature cope embroidery embroidered Patterned 19th century B W Middle Ages Roman Catholicism Victoria and Albert Museum 14th century Fourteenth Century nineteenth century The Print Collector Museum of Ornamental Art opus anglicanum South Kensington Museum etching engraving Victoria & Albert Museum V&A Syon Cope V&A Museum Sampson Low The South Kensington Museum Marston J. I. Williamson Williamson J. I. J.I. Williamson Williamson J.I. J I Williamson JI Williamson Williamson J I Williamson JI