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Yvonne Seale

I love the still vivid colours of this wall hanging made by the nuns of the Augustinian community of Heiningen in 1516—the sisters' names appear around the edges. It weighs some 50kg, and its embroidered imagery is dense with theological and classical references.

Victoria & Albert Museum, 289-1876.

A corner of the tapestry. The names of the sisters who worked on the hanging run around the outer edge. On the top you can see the name of "D[omi]na Elisabet", Lady Elizabeth, the community's leader.
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A view of the full tapestry, with two central roundels surrounded by a square frame. The whole measures roughly 4.7m x 5.3m.
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The central figure of Philosophy, shown as an enthroned and crowned blonde woman, surrounded by other smaller anthropomorphized forms of learning.
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Detail of the hanging showing personifications of Grammar (left) as a blond man in a patterned robe holding a book and Wisdom (right) as a crowned blond man in a patterned robe holding an orb and sceptre, who is also identified as the biblical king Solomon.
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Jan 02, 2025, 16:56 · · Web · 3 · 5
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