Art for the Christian Liturgy in the Middle Ages
Many thanks to BLS of the Topmost Apple Blog for drawing the following link to my attention. The Metropolitan Museum for Art in New York has a page entitled Art for the Christian Liturgy in the Middle Ages, with some rather lovely images and commentary on a range liturgical objects, including pyxes, chalices, chrismatories and manuscripts. Among the selection is the very glorious fourteenth century Constable chasuble (see above), a wonderful example of the 'Opus Anglicanum' embroidery that English needleworkers were famous for. You will also find on the page a whole host of links to illustrated thematic essays covering a wide range of different subjects from 'Private life in the Burgundian Netherlands' to 'Death in the Middle Ages'.
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The BB cope is in the Victoria & Albert Museum. BB cope
Off to try to make ciabatta.
I hope you enjoyed your ciabatta.
Fr. Lee Kenyon at Anglican Wanderings has posted a scan of a miniature of a medieval requiem which includes a hanging pyx with canopy and - the reason for my bringing this to your attention - a strange arrangement of what seem to be three pots on the floor under the hearse. Wonder if you know what the purpose of these might be - beyond an obvious possibility that they contain aromatics?
http://anglicanwanderings.blogspot.com/2008/10/in-midst-of-life.html
www.chasubles.eu
Brotherly,
Serge